Jenn Bennett
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{{short description|American author of novels for young adults}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Jenn Bennett
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| nationality = American
| birth_place = Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1978|3}}
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| occupation = Author, novelist
| education = Louisiana State University (BFA)
| genre = Young adult fiction, Coming of age, Historical romance
| movement =
| notableworks = Alex, Approximately; The Anatomical Shape of a Heart
| years_active = 2011–present
| influenced =
| website = {{URL|www.jennbennett.net}}
}}
Jenn Bennett (born March 1978) is an American author of novels for teens and adults. Her notable works include Alex, Approximately, Starry Eyes, and The Anatomical Shape of a Heart (aka Night Owls).
Personal life
Bennett was born in Germany.{{cite news|last=Simon and Schuster |title=Jenn Bennett Biography |work=authors.simonandschuster.com |date=July 2011 |access-date=June 29, 2013 |url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Jenn-Bennett/77827513/biography |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130702085012/http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Jenn-Bennett/77827513/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-02 }} She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and worked on her master's degree at Louisiana State University.{{cite news |last=Powell's Books |title=About the Author |work=powells.com |date=July 22, 2011 |access-date=June 17, 2018 |url=http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9781451620528-3}}{{cite news |first=Jenn |last=Bennett |title=JennBennett.net Profile |work=jennbennett.net |access-date=July 1, 2013 |url=http://www.jennbennett.net/about}} Due to her father's service in the United States Army, she grew up as a military brat, moving to a number of places and traveling extensively in Europe and the Far East.{{cite news |via=Sci-Fi Fan Letter |title=Debut Author Interview: Jenn Bennett |work=scififanletter.blogspot.com |date=June 7, 2013 |access-date=June 29, 2013 |url=http://scififanletter.blogspot.com/2013/06/author-interview-jenn-bennett.html}} She currently resides in Atlanta with her husband.{{cite news |via=RT Book Reviews |title=Debut Author Spotlight: Jenn Bennett |work=rtbookreviews.com |date=July 22, 2011 |access-date=June 29, 2013 |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-daily-blog/debut-author-spotlight-jenn-bennett}}
Publishing career
= Arcadia Bell series =
Bennett's debut novel, Kindling the Moon released from Pocket Books in July 2011, and is the first book in the Arcadia Bell series. The final book in the series, Banishing the Dark, was published in 2015; it was nominated for a "Reviewers' Choice Book Award.{{cite news |first=Jill |last=Smith |title=Banishing the Dark review |work=rtbookreviews.com |date=April 2014 |access-date=February 20, 2015 |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/banishing-dark}}
= Roaring Twenties series =
In 2013, Berkley Books published the first book in Bennett's new historical paranormal romance series, Bitter Spirits, taking place in a haunted 1920s San Francisco. It garnered starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Booklist{{cite news |via= Publishers Weekly |title=Fiction Book Review: Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett |work=publishersweekly.com |date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=February 1, 2014 |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-425-26957-2}}{{cite news |via= Booklist |title=Bitter Spirits, by Jenn Bennett |work=booklistonline.com |date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=February 1, 2014 |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Bitter-Spirits-Jenn-Bennett/pid=6454686}} and was one of six romances published in 2014 to be named on Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2014.{{cite news |via= Publishers Weekly |title=Best Books of 2014 |work=publishersweekly.com |date=November 3, 2014 |access-date=February 20, 2015 |url=http://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2014}} The final book in the series, Grave Phantoms, was awarded RT Book Reviews' Seal of Excellence.{{cite news |via= RT Book Reviews |title=May Seal of Excellence |work=rtbookreviews.com |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=April 18, 2016 |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/blog/83869/may-2015-seal-excellence}}
= Young Adult fiction =
In 2015, Macmillan Publishers published Bennett's debut young adult contemporary book, The Anatomical Shape of a Heart, a romance between two aspiring teen artists. Titled Night Owls internationally, foreign rights for the book were also acquired by Simon & Schuster UK, and it was translated into five languages{{cite news |via= Publisher's Marketplace |title=Dealmakers: Feiwel and Friends |work=publishersmarketplace.com |date=March 2014 |access-date=February 20, 2013 |url=http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/dealmakers/detail.cgi?id=2340}}{{cite news |title=Young Adult Books |work=Jenn Bennett, Young Adult Books |access-date=April 18, 2013 |url=http://www.jennbennett.net/books/young-adult-books}} It won a 2015 Reviewers' Choice Award for YA Protagonist from RT Book Reviews and the 2016 RITA Award for Young Adult Romance.{{cite news |via= RT Book Reviews |title=Announcing the 2015 RT Reviewers' Choice Awards and Career Achievement Awards Winners |work=rtbookreviews.com |date=March 15, 2016 |access-date=April 18, 2016 |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/blog/88345/announcing-2015-rt-reviewers-choice-and-career-achievement-awards-winners}}{{cite news |via= USA Today |title=2016 Congratulations to the 2016 RITA & Golden Heart Winners |work=usatoday.com |date=July 17, 2016 |access-date=July 26, 2016 |url=http://happyeverafter.usatoday.com/2016/07/17/rwa-2016-rita-golden-heart-winners/}}
In 2017, Simon and Schuster published her second young adult book, Alex, Approximately, a teen update of You've Got Mail. It received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist,{{cite news |via= Kirkus Reviews |title=Alex, Approximately |work=www.kirkusreviews.com |date=February 15, 2017 |access-date=May 30, 2016 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jenn-bennett/alex-approximately/}}{{cite news |via= Booklist |title=Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett |work=booklistonline.com |date=February 15, 2017 |access-date=May 30, 2017 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Alex-Approximately-Jenn-Bennett/pid=8624460}} and it was translated into seven languages.{{cite news |via= Publishers Weekly |title=Rights Report: Week of November 30, 2015 |work=publishersweekly.com |date=December 1, 2015 |access-date=April 18, 2016 |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/68829-rights-report-week-of-november-30-2015.html}}{{cite news |title=More Young Adult Books |work=Jenn Bennett, Young Adult Books |date=December 13, 2015 |access-date=April 18, 2013 |url=http://www.jennbennett.net/archives/3597}}
Bennett's third young adult book, Starry Eyes, about two teens who get lost in the California wilderness, was published in 2018 and received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction.{{cite news |via= Kirkus Reviews |title=Starry Eyes |work=www.kirkusreviews.com |date=February 5, 2018 |access-date=June 1, 2018 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jenn-bennett/starry-eyes/}}{{cite news |via= Brighton Library |title=Goodreads Choice Awards Nominees 2018 |work=brightonlibrary.info |date=February 5, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2018 |url=http://brightonlibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/goodreads-choice-2018.pdf}} It has been translated into five languages.{{cite news |title=Starry Eyes|work=Jenn Bennett, Young Adult Books |access-date=June 1, 2018 |url=http://www.jennbennett.net/books/young-adult-books/starry-eyes}}
Bibliography
{{Portal|Speculative fiction|Children's literature}}
= Arcadia Bell series =
- Kindling the Moon (July 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-4516-2052-8}})
- Summoning the Night (April 2012, {{ISBN|978-1-4516-2053-5}})
- Leashing the Tempest (December 2012, {{ISBN|978-1-4516-9507-6}})
- Binding the Shadows (May 2013, {{ISBN|978-1-4516-9508-3}})
- Banishing the Dark (May 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-4516-9509-0}})
= Roaring Twenties series =
- Bitter Spirits (January 2014, {{ISBN|978-0-4252-6957-2}})
- Grim Shadows (June 2014, {{ISBN|978-0-4252-6958-9}})
- Grave Phantoms (May 2015, {{ISBN|978-0-4252-8076-8}})
= Young adult books =
- The Anatomical Shape of a Heart – UK edition titled Night Owls (November 3, 2015, {{ISBN|978-1-2500-6645-9}})
- Alex, Approximately (April 2017, {{ISBN|978-1-4814-7877-9}})
- Starry Eyes (April 2018, {{ISBN|978-1-4814-7880-9}})
- Serious Moonlight (April 2019, {{ISBN|978-1-5344-2514-9}})
- The Lady Rogue (September 2019, {{ISBN|978-1-5344-3199-7}})
- Chasing Lucky (May 2020, {{ISBN|978-1-5344-2517-0}})
- Always Jane (March 2022, {{ISBN|978-1-5344-8232-6}})
References
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External links
- [http://www.jennbennett.net/ Author's Website]
- [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4485813.Jenn_Bennett/ Listing at Goodreads]
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American writers of young adult literature
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:Urban fantasy writers
Category:American romantic fiction writers
Category:American women novelists
Category:American women writers of young adult literature
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American women romantic fiction writers
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