Justine was born in New York City and grew up in Massachusetts and Connecticut. After a short stint at Wellesley College, she graduated from The Gallatin School at NYU. She is the author of the travel memoir Marcus of Umbria and the co-author of Sergio Esposito’s Passion on the Vine. Her work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Marie Claire, Marie Claire Australia, The Paris Review Daily, The Carolina Quarterly, The New York Observer, The Bark, and all over the web. She has been a runner-up in a series of obscure literary contests and currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.