A 2017 Kresge artist fellow and a former attorney, Jean Alicia Elster is a professional writer of fiction for children and young adults.
Elster is the author of the Michigan Notable Books Who\'s Jim Hines? (Wayne State University Press, 2008) and The Colored Car (Wayne State University Press, 2013)..
She is the great-granddaughter of Addie Jackson, whose family story is the basis of How It Happens .
A 2017 Kresge artist fellow and a former attorney, Jean Alicia Elster is a professional writer of fiction for children and young adults