Jean Zimmerman is the author of Tailspin: Women at War in the Wake of Tailhook, and coauthor of Breaking with Tradition: Women and Work, the New Facts of Life. Most recently, Zimmerman and her husband and writing partner Gil Reavill published Raising Our Athletic Daughters: How Sports Can Build Self-Esteem and Save Girls' Lives. Zimmerman lives with her family in Westchester County, New York.