Hassel, Jennifer E.: - Jennifer E. Hassel was a lawyer who became a registered nurse after living through her husband's terminal illness, their mutual suffering, and her own grief. Writing from firsthand experience, she has been published in The Philadelphia Lawyer, Joyful Life Magazine, The Sun, and her hometown newspaper, Lancaster LNP. She won her nursing school graduating class's Portfolio Award for her series of essays relating to the profession and practice of nursing. Badass Grief is her first book.