Jessica Blank, an actor and writer, has appeared in several films, including The Namesake, On the Road with Judas, and Undermind; and several TV shows. She is coauthor (with her husband, Erik Jensen) of the award-winning play The Exonerated, based on interviews they conducted with more than forty exonerated death row inmates across America; and Living Justice, a book about the making of the The Exonerated. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel Almost Home. Jessica lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and their dogs, Zooey and Yoda.