Jennifer writes stories about life, death and the spaces in between. She received her BA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato and MFA from Hamline University, where she served on the board and as assistant editor for Hamline University's highly regarded Water~Stone Review.

As a fellow in the prestigious Mentor Series program at the Loft Literary Center, Jennifer had the honor to work closely with such esteemed authors as Ross Gay, Junauda Petrus, Douglas Kearney and Gretchen Marquette.

Jennifer is a grateful recipient of generous grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and Prairie Lakes Region Arts Council, and her writing can be found in the wild at:

bobisthesofaking.blogspot.com a blog that chronicles, in real time, Jennifer's caregiver role as her husband battled cancer

realigningred.com, stories about alignment, the body and otherwise

a brief history of trees, Eunoia Review

Descent, HerStory

Stability, Masters Review

Jacket, Bellevue Literary Review

Everything Ashes, Iris Literary Journal

Slowly Sliding, Adelaide Literary Magazine