Author Visit: Chris Bohjalian, The Jackal's Mistress (2025)

In conversation with Anna Katsavos, prolific author Chris Bohjalian returns to SAS to discuss his latest novel, The Jackal's Mistress (2025). Inspired by a real-life friendship, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she is willing to risk for the life of a stranger. With territorial control over the Shenandoah Valley in a constant state of flux during the Civil War, the brutal violence of the landscape serves as the backdrop for this emotional and poignant story of humanity.