Jenny is a writer and book editor living in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her BA in English and Creative Writing from UC Berkeley and will begin her MFA in fiction at Brooklyn College in fall 2009. Her award-winning fiction and non-fiction stories have appeared in The Best Women’s Travel Writing, LITnIMAGE, Raving Dove, Prick of the Spindle, Matador Travel, and Pology, among others. She was nominated for Best New Poets 2009 and is the recipient of a 2008-2009 writing fellowship with Teachers & Writers Collaborative.
Please explore the above links to read published work, learn about editing services, watch travel videos, or find out about upcoming events.
Travel note: Jenny will be in Mongolia from June 20 through August 5, with very limited email and phone access. All correspondence will be on hold until she returns to the States. Thanks for your patience!
News & Updates
Jenny's story "The Fisherman's Wife" has been voted the top story published online during 2008 as part of the storySouth Million Writers Award. Read the other selections and find out more here.
Matador senior editor David Miller interviews Jenny for The Traveler's Notebook.
"Speaking Poetry to Power," Jenny's profile of Urban Word NYC, appears in the Spring 2009 issue of Teachers & Writers Magazine.
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