Jennifer Haigh is an American novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her novels Baker Towers, The Condition, and Heat and Light. Haigh was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. She has received numerous awards for her writing, including the PEN/Hemingway Award, the PEN/L.L. Winship Award, and the Massachusetts Book Award. Haigh's work has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and other publications. Her writing often focuses on the struggles of working-class people in the Rust Belt. Haigh currently lives in Massachusetts with her family.