Pam Jenoff is the author of "The Kommandant's Girl," "The Diplomat's Wife," "Almost Home," and "A Hidden Affair." She attended George Washington University; Cambridge University in the U.K. where she received a master degree in history; and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. A former Foreign Seervice officer and special assistant to the secretary of the army at the Pentagon, she lives near Philadelphia, where she teaches law.