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Jennifer Lyn King

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November 20, 1973 in Tyler, TX, The United States

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Jennifer’s writing, photography, and art taps into her life and varied life experiences, from the fast-life fashion world to exploring Europe with her family to being a wife and mom to three active boys.

At age fifteen, Jennifer slipped into four-inch stilettos and worked covers, magazines, and runways with Elite Model Management internationally. She loved it, but after a few years, traded her stilettos for practical boots, to hike across the flatland campus of Purdue University in Indiana, to earn a degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in Spanish.

Since then, Jennifer has pursued wholeheartedly the things she loves most: writing novels, and creating art. Jennifer slips on her D-SLR camera and adventure shoes to explore off-beaten p...more

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The Murderers Daughters

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Jennifer King gave to: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
May 23, 2012 02:35pm
Jennifer King gave to: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne read in May, 2012	My rating:
Excellent pointers for novelists on improving and polishing a manuscript. A must-read for all writers' libraries. Highly recommend!
May 22, 2012 10:58pm · see review
Jennifer King gave to: The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty	My rating:
May 22, 2012 10:54pm
Jennifer King gave to: Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2012	My rating:
May 18, 2012 11:53pm
Jennifer King gave to: The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great by Donald Maass read in May, 2012	My rating:
Another excellent book on writing an outstanding novel, a follow up to Maass's also excellent WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL. I appreciated the rich and plentiful examples and challenges throughout the text. This will be a book I keep beside my writing c...more
May 06, 2012 08:58pm · see review
Jennifer King gave to: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón	My rating:
One of my all-time favorite books.
May 03, 2012 08:56am · see review
Jennifer King gave to: The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich read in May, 2012	My rating:
The Painted Drum was a haunting novel. I enjoyed reading it, but Louise Erdrich's writing really struck me at the end. As threads of story and character wove together, I stumbled across this quote I love: "Life will break you. Nobody can protect you...more
May 01, 2012 10:41am · see review
Jennifer King gave to: The Keep by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2012	My rating:
Apr 24, 2012 11:46am
Jennifer King gave to: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins read in April, 2012	My rating:
Apr 21, 2012 10:12pm