about the author

Colleen Connolly-Ahern is an associate professor of communications at Penn State University, where she teaches advertising and researches issues of social justice in international strategic communications. Her work has taken her to more than 40 countries, and introduced her to a wide range of characters and cuisines, many of whose stories she shares in her book. Make Book Club Lit Again brings together all the things she loves best: good books, great food, social history, and connecting with wonderful people. A self-proclaimed “cookbook junkie,” when she’s not grading papers you can usually find Colleen in the kitchen of her lovingly restored mid-mod ranch, whipping up new recipes and generally making a mess for her long-suffering husband (a.k.a. Lee “The Sous Chef” Ahern) to tidy up.