Florence in Ecstasy, a tale of finding oneself in Florence, Italy, is Jessie Chaffee’s debut novel. Prior to completing the novel, Chaffee was a 2014–2015 Fulbright scholar and spent time in Italy completing her debut novel and serving as a writer-in-residence at the Florence University of the Arts. She is currently the blog editor of Words Without Borders, and her writing has been featured in The Rumpus, Bluestem, Global City Review, and Big Bridge, among others.