Jennifer Elvgren

{{Short description|American writer}}

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| nationality = American

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| alma_mater = Regent University{{cite web|last1=Provence|first1=Lisa|title=FACETIME- First page grabber: Award winner writes press releases, too|url=http://www.readthehook.com/83232/facetime-first-page-grabber-award-winner-writes-press-releases-too|publisher=The Hook|accessdate=1 November 2014}}
Westminster College{{cite web|title=Alumni News|url=http://www.westminster.edu/acad/englishpr/english/alumni.cfm|publisher=Westminster College|accessdate=1 November 2014}}

| occupation = Writer, journalist, press secretary

| known_for = Josias, Hold the Book
The Whispering Town{{cite news|last1=Wertheimer|first1=Gila|title=The Emerging Story|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3287937551.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120094257/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3287937551.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2018|access-date=1 November 2014|publisher=Chicago Jewish Star (subscription required)|date=April 11, 2014}}

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Jennifer Elvgren is an American author and journalist, and has worked as a press secretary for the American politician Rob Bell. She is known for her books Josias, Hold the Book and The Whispering Town,{{cite web|last1=Amateau|first1=Gigi|title=Book review: Young readers|date=25 April 2014 |url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/arts-literature/books/book-review-young-readers/article_d6805cbe-5650-530d-a376-e7f5f769e63b.html|publisher=Richmond Times Dispatch|accessdate=1 November 2014}}{{cite journal|last1=Morrison|first1=Hope|title=The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren (review)|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|date=2014|volume=67|issue=9|page=452|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_center_for_childrens_books/v067/67.9.morrison.html|accessdate=1 November 2014|doi=10.1353/bcc.2014.0341|s2cid=141716953}}{{cite news|last1=Wein|first1=Elizabeth|title=Stories of Resistance and Escape|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/books/review/loic-dauvilliers-hidden-and-more.html?_r=0|work=New York Times|date=4 April 2014 |accessdate=1 November 2014}} the former of which won the 2006 Américas Award.{{cite web|url=http://claspprograms.org/pages/detail/68/Award-Winners|title=Award Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2 February 2020}}