Jennifer Gooch Hummer received her BA in English from Kenyon College before moving to Los Angeles to work as a script reader for a variety of production companies. She is the award-winning author of Girl Unmoored and Operation Tenley. When she’s not writing, Hummer spends time with her husband and three daughters, and tries not to trip over their two little dogs who are the same color as their floors. She lives in Los Angeles.
“What does it mean to be truly authentic? Veridian Sterling Fakes It is about all the ways we pretend and fool ourselves—be it with art, love, or life—with a mother-daughter relationship so engaging you’ll wish it were yours. Deliciously funny, movingly real, glitteringly smart, and so, so alive.” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of With or Without You and Days of Wonder “In an entertaining update of the classic art heist, Jennifer Gooch Hummer immerses the reader in the vibrant New York art scene where old-school stolen Klimts and counterfeit Van Goghs jostle for space with the digital frontier of non-fungible tokens and cryptocurrency. With crisp, evocative prose and an insider’s eye, the author deftly navigates the glitz and greed of the contemporary art world in an engrossing tale of a young painter’s quest for success.”—Carson Morton, author of Stealing Mona Lisa “Too often novels involving art crime are heavy-handed—more dark heist than peppy caper. This one is a total joy to read. You'll shoot through from the first page to the last. Cinematic, lighthearted, with an endearing protagonist and some good twists—everything a good caper should be.” —Noah Charney, bestselling author of The Art Thief