Meet Jen Sincero

Jen Sincero was born and raised in Westchester, New York. She is the daughter of Italian-born Domenico Sincero, a doctor, and Susan Sincero. She attended Briarcliff High School and later Colorado College, where she graduated in 1987 with a BA in English. 

Sincero worked in the marketing department at CBS/Epic Records in the 1990s during which time she co-founded her first band, Crotch, Sincero moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996, where she started the Jenny Clinkscales Band and later 60 Foot Queenie, a solo project.

Her third book, You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (Running Press, 2013), has sold over 5 million copies