Eve LaPlante

Eve LaPlante, a sixth great-granddaughter of Samuel Sewall, is the author of two previous critically acclaimed books: American Jezebel , a biography of her ancestor Anne Hutchinson, and Seized , a narrative portrait of temporal lobe epilepsy. LaPlante has degrees from Princeton and Harvard and has written for The Atlantic , the New York Times , Ladies' Home Journal , and Boston magazine. She lives with her family in New England on land once owned by Judge Sewall.

Eve LaPlante, a sixth great-granddaughter of Samuel Sewall, is the author of two previous critically acclaimed books: American Jezebel , a biography of her ancestor Anne Hutchinson, and Seized , a narrative portrait of temporal lobe epilepsy. LaPlante has degrees from Princeton and Harvard and has written for The Atlantic , the New York Times , Ladies' Home Journal , and Boston magazine. She lives with her family in New England on land once owned by Judge Sewall. See less