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Jenna Satterthwaite is the author of thrillers MADE FOR YOU (out now), BEACH BODIES (PRH UK June 2025)/A KILLER GETAWAY (Sourcebooks, August 2025) and THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY (Mira, November 2025). She lives in Chicago with her husband and three kids.