Jennifer Shahade is a chess and poker champion, author and speaker. The first woman to win the U.S. Junior Open, she also holds two U.S. Women's Championship titles. She is passionate about building life skills and creative work around the games she loves most: chess and poker. A two-time Global Poker Award winner and silver Olympic medalist, she has appeared on Jeopardy! and her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She is featured regularly on major news outlets, including CNN and NBC, commenting on topics such as the chess boom sparked by The Queen's Gambit. Jennifer lives in Philadelphia.