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Courtney Preiss was born in Brooklyn and raised in New Jersey off the same Highway 9 Bruce Springsteen sings about on “Born to Run.” She graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing. She lives in Asbury Park, NJ with her husband and their rescue dog, Barry. Her first novel, Welcome Home, Caroline Kline, was published in April 2024 by Putnam/Penguin Random House, and was an instant USA Today bestseller.