Hilary Nelson Jacobs spent much of her career as a strategic planner for non-profits and other businesses. In mid-life, she changed gears and turned to writing creative nonfiction, embracing the reality that life confounds our careful planning. Hilary is working on a memoir about the gray area of consent. She has been published in The Rumpus, The Write Launch, and Role Reboot. Hilary grew up in Washington, D.C. She received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and an M.F.A from Antioch University. She and her husband Bob, a screenwriter, live in the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles.