Casey Scieszka is a born and raised Brooklynite who has lived in Beijing, San Francisco, Fez, and Timbuktu where she was a Fulbright Scholar. In 2013 she and her husband, artist Steven Weinberg, moved to the Catskill Mountains and opened the Spruceton Inn: a Catskills Bed & Bar, which runs an annual Artist Residency hosting world-renowned painters, bestselling authors, and Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists.
""Casey Scieszka's debut novel is absolutely delicious, like Tuck Everlasting for grown-ups. The premise is so good--an immortal woman's search for the fountain of youth--that the writing, crisp and funny, feels like an extra treat. An excellent debut."" -- Emma Straub, bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow ""Casey Scieszka's The Fountain is a meditation on beauty, nature, and what in our lives can be bought and sold (and at what cost). Hilarious yet tender, Scieszka's alluring voice shines on the page as she guides us through the joys and pains of never growing old amongst the majestic landscape of the Catskills. Here is a page-turner of a novel that is book club-ready, a frothy combination of magical realism, the foibles of modern life, an examination of the influence of big tech, along with a wallop of small town heart."" -- Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts ""This book is perfection! Bold, wickedly fun and razor sharp. I haven't stopped thinking about it since I read it. Will keep you turning pages late into the night. Enthralling, engrossing and deftly crafted!"" -- Jo Piazza, bestselling co-author of Good Morning America Book Club pick We Are Not Like Them and You Were Always Mine ""Casey Scieszka explores the double-edged blade of immortality so incisively I wondered if she might be immortal herself. The Fountain is a fascinating quest for meaning, a love letter to the Catskills, but above all a testament to the ways in which family and home can make a life--of any length--worth living."" -- Aimee Pokwatka, author of Self-Portrait with Nothing