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Jen Talty

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Jen Talty co-created Cool Gus Publishng Publishing with NY Times Best-Selling Author Bob Mayer, and runs the technical side of the company. She is published in romance and teaches Creative Writing at various writing conferences across the country.
Jen grew up in Rochester, NY, a city with the highest murder rate per capita in the entire state. With notorious cases such as The Alphabet Murders, The Genesee River Killer (Arthur Shawcross), The Murder of Kali Ann Poulton by Mark Christi and the case of Funeral homes stealing body parts from corpses awaiting cremation, Jennifer became fascinated in the darker side of human nature. She brings this fascination to her romances by creating dark villains who wreck havoc on the hero and heroine creati...more

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Jen Talty's Blog: Write It Forward

Write on the River: Workshop and the Changing Digital Landscape ref Agents

This weekend my wife and I will run our first Write on the River in-house workshop. So right now there are like 40 guys outside doing all sorts of things, but I see pots, flowers, electrician, pool guy, and who knows what else is being done, because that’s the way my wife is. We just had shades put in about half the windows, because even though we’re pretty isolated, I guess a sniper with a goo...

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Jen Talty's Books

Average rating: 4.14 · 175 ratings · 43 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors

	Jane Doe's Return 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Water by Jen Talty (Goodreads Author), Jenni Holbrook 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Two Weeks 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rekindled 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writer's Conference Guide: Getting the Most of Your Time and Money by Jen Talty (Goodreads Author), Bob Mayer (Goodreads Author) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Didn't Hear Anything 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Water 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In His Sleep 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Right in Front of You 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Are You There Blog? It's Me, Writer by Kristen Lamb (Goodreads Author), Jen Talty (Goodreads Author) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jen Talty wrote a new blog post Write on the River: Workshop and the Changing Digital Landscape ref Agents This weekend my wife and I will run our first Write on the River in-house workshop. So right now there are like 40 guys outside doing all sorts of... Read more of this blog post »
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Jen Talty made a comment in the group Mysteries & Crime Thrillers — Chasing the Lost by Bob Mayer Giveaway topic "And we have winners!!!!! We'd like to thank everyone who either sent us a direct message, or posted in this thread to win a copy of Chasing the Lost b...more "
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Jen Talty liked Gina's review of Chasing the Lost: " Retirement – the time to unwind, forget the daily grind of work and now do what we want. But for Horace Chase, his former career never leaves him. In Bob Mayer’s latest of the Green Beret series, Chasing the Lost, Chase’s attempt to move beyond h... " Read more of this review »
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Jen Talty liked Matt's review of Chasing the Lost: " Wow, i really enjoyed reading CHASING THE LOST. It starts off right away and doesn't let up till the very end (sounds kind of cliche i think to say that, but it is true). I really liked seeing the Dave Riley character return and he mixed with Hora... " Read more of this review »
Apr 29, 2013 05:35am · see review
Jen Talty liked Sheri Wilkerson's review of Chasing the Lost: " Oh. My. God. I just finished reading "Chasing the Lost" by Bob Mayer and I cannot begin to tell you how absolutely amazingly good this book is! I'm a little mad right now because I had this awesome review all written out and I was just fine tuning... " Read more of this review »
Apr 27, 2013 09:06am · see review
Jen Talty made a comment in the group The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — Chasing the Lost by former Green Beret Bob Mayer topic "Chasing the Lost is Bob Mayer's 50th published novel. The book merges a protagonist from his his bestselling series, The Green Berets, Dave Riley, wit...more "
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Jen Talty made a comment on Nightstalkers (Area 51, #10) — Relation to Mayer's other Area 51 books "Its a shoot off of the Area 51 series."
Dec 20, 2012 04:59pm

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