Jeannie Vanasco is an American writer and English teacher at Towson University. She is known for her memoir writing that explores complex personal and family relationships. Vanasco's published memoirs include A Silent Treatment, which examines her mother's repeated use of the silent treatment as a form of communication. She also wrote Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl, a memoir centered on her former friendship with the man who raped her. Another of her works, The Glass Eye, is a memoir about her father and his deceased daughter, who was Vanasco's namesake. Through her writing and teaching, Vanasco addresses difficult subjects including trauma, family dynamics, and personal relationships.