Jenna Black
Jennifer Black, also known as Jenna Black, is an American novelist who writes paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and young adult fantasy. She began using the pen name Jenna Black in 2006, after previously publishing as Jennifer Barlow; she has also used the pen name Jenna Glass.
Born in Ohio and raised in Bratt, Florida, she earned a BA in physical anthropology and French from Duke University and has lived in the Research Triangle area since. She once aspired to be a primatologist but now writes fiction and has experience in writing technical documentation. She attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1989.
Her first mass-market paperback, Watchers in the Night (Tor Paranormal Romance), was published in 2006. She is represented by the Irene Goodman Literary Agency and is a member of the Deadline Dames online writing group.
Selected works include the Morgan Kingsley series (Vol. 1–5) and titles such as The Devil You Know, The Devil’s Due, Speak of the Devil, The Devil’s Playground, Deadly Descendant, Pros and Cons, and Rogue Descendant.
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