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Jennifer Jensen is an Indiana writer currently spending a few years in County Cork, Ireland.
As a genealogist, she has taught at an Indianapolis-area family history conference for several years, and volunteered for five years as a Family History Consultant, helping people start their own genealogy. She has been researching her family tree for almost 35 years, and is more fascinated with her ancestor who settled Oyster Bay, Long Island in the 1600s to avoid taxes than she is with being descended from Edward III. Her current project, besides trying to break through a very stubborn Civil-War era brick wall, is to research her Ulster Scots ancestors while she is in Ireland.
As a writer, Jennifer has nearly 250 non-fiction articles in print publications, primarily in Indianapolis Monthly and the Indianapolis Star, plus more than 150 online articles. She has received two Indiana Arts Commission grants for her fiction, and has a few adult short stories and a dozen children’s short stories published, some internationally. Her children's novel is going through its last (hopefully!) revision, and she plans to take part in National Novel Writing Month again in November.
She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, a co-founder of the Northwest Indy Children’s Writers Group, and a past member of the Society of Professional Journalists. She is a graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature and has taught creative writing workshops for high school and middle school students.
In addition to writing and doing genealogy, Jennifer is enjoying exploring Ireland, seeing historical sites and meeting people. Previously, she taught Kindermusik to preschoolers and private piano lessons to older children and adults. She reads voraciously and loves to learn just about anything.
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