Jessica Warner

Who is Jessica Warner?

Jessica Warner is an American historian, specializing in the social history of Great Britain in the early modern age. Her books include Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason and John the Painter: Terrorist of the American Revolution. The latter book has won praise from fellow historians like Simon Schama and Brenda Maddox.

Warner was born and raised in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Yale University. She currently teaches at the University of Toronto.