Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes author Jean Zimmerman, returning for her fourth residency to begin work on her new historical novel, Summoning Jane, inspired by America’s first female botanist, Jane Colden.
Jean Zimmerman
Jean Zimmerman
Jean Zimmerman, author of critically praised nonfiction and fiction, returns to Catwalk for a fourth time to begin a historical novel, Summoning Jane, rooted in her fascination with America’s first female botanist and badass-before-her-time Jane Colden. During her residency, she will conduct research and imagine Colden’s life at the Hudson Valley ruin of Coldengham, her family’s Revolutionary-era estate in nearby Montgomery. Zimmerman’s forthcoming memoir Of Heartwood and Woundwood: An Unlikely Arborist’s Path to Courage and Joy (Broadleaf, Fall 2026), invites readers into a world where trees become teachers, healers, and companions amid life’s most daunting challenges.
