Jess Janz is the best-selling author of The Table Where We Meet. She is a community facilitator and the creator of Dinner With Strangers, which brings people from different walks of life to share their stories over a meal – all while omitting what anyone does for work. Her work examines identity, connection, and what binds us all together. Jess has hosted events for Wealthsimple, lululemon, Altea Active Club, OpenTable, The W Hotel, Staub, and Writers Collective of Canada, and runs monthly writing workshops and Poetry Club for her writing community of over 70k people.