The characters in her head had changed from adult romantic suspense to young adult and children’s fantasy characters. The fourth wasn’t terrible, but by then Jennifer had decided she was writing in the wrong genre. The neighbor smiled back like Jennifer had a greater chance of landing on the moon one day.

She told a neighbor she planned to be published one day. Jennifer completed her first book in her early 20’s. The theater entertained the characters in her head, and the speech and debate filled her desire to never stop talking. She got heavily involved in local theater and in school speech and debate competitions. Jennifer didn’t make her goal, not even close. Jennifer set a goal to be published sooner. Hinton, published The Outsiders at the age of 17. Her favorite book in junior high was The Outsiders. She loved the Hardy Boys and Encyclopedia Brown series’, but her favorite childhood book was The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken. Jennifer has always loved reading and for most of her childhood, kept a tall stack of books at the side of her bed.

Jennifer has taken steps to ensure the cartoons never see the light of day again. She also drew cartoons and made up poems about the people in them. Stories of a boy who tries to sell his annoying sister, of a celebrity who gets stuck in a small town (think Disney’s Cars, only with humans), and several other stories that all eventually wound up in a box in the back of her closet. When he found out she was only 11, he ended the call and the story got set aside, unfinished.īut she began other stories, writing in spiral notebooks or plucking out keys on an electric typewriter (yep, she’s that old). She even called a locksmith to do research on how to pick locks. It was pretty awful, but Jennifer liked it at the time. Her first attempt at a full-length story was in 6th grade when she wrote about a girl who becomes trapped in her daydreams and that world becomes real. Jennifer began writing in elementary school. She figures it’s okay if she talks to them as she’s working on her stories, as long as they don’t start talking back. She loves chocolate, old books, and lazy days in the mountains.įor as far back as Jennifer can remember, she has shared her brain with imaginary characters. She is the author of The Ascendance series, beginning with THE FALSE PRINCE the TRAITOR’S GAME series, the historical novels, RESISTANCE, A NIGHT DIVIDED, WORDS ON FIRE, RESCUE, and several other titles. New York Times Bestselling author, Jennifer Nielsen, was born and raised in northern Utah, where she still lives today with her family, a dog that won’t play fetch, and a cat that hallucinates.

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