Jennifer Black | |
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Born | Ohio, U.S. |
Pen name | Jenna Black |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Education | Duke University (BA) |
Period | 2001—present |
Genre | No binary |
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Jennifer Black is an American author of paranormal romance novels, urban fantasy, and young adult fantasy novels. She began writing under the pen name Jenna Black in 2006. She published one novel earlier under her other name, Jennifer Barlow, [1] and at least two short stories before that under her birth name. [2] Jenna Glass is yet another pen name. [3]
Jenna Black was raised in Bratt, Florida. She got her BA in physical anthropology and French from Duke University and has remained in the Research Triangle area in the years since. She once aspired to be a primatologist, but ended up writing technical documentation. She attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1989. [4] Her first mass market paperback, Watchers in the Night (Tor Paranormal Romance), came out in 2006. [5]
Black is represented by the Irene Goodman Literary Agency and is a member of the online writing blog, Deadline Dames. [6]
# | Title | Publication Date | Also In |
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1 | The Devil Inside | 2007 | Morgan Kingsley Exorcist Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5 |
2 | The Devil You Know | 2008 | Morgan Kingsley Exorcist Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5 |
3 | The Devil's Due | 2008 | Morgan Kingsley Exorcist Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5 |
4 | Speak of the Devil | 2009 | Morgan Kingsley Exorcist Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5 |
5 | The Devil's Playground | 2010 | Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5 |
5.1 | Nine-Tenths of the Law | 2011 | Chicks Kick Butt |
# | Title | Publication Date |
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0.5 | Remedial Magic | 2010 |
1 | Glimmerglass | 2011 |
2 | Shadowspell | 2011 |
3 | Sirensong | 2011 |
3.5 | Girls' Night Out | 2012 |
# | Title | Publication Date | Publisher | ISBN | Comments |
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1 | Dark Descendant | 2011 | Simon & Schuster | ISBN 978-1451606799 | Cover Art: Nathália Suellen |
2 | Deadly Descendant | 2012 | Simon & Schuster | ISBN 9781451606805 | |
2.5 | Pros and Cons | 2013 | Pocket Star | ISBN 1476700109 , 9781476700106 | |
3 | Rogue Descendant | 2013 | Pocket Books | ISBN 9781476700083 | |
4 | Divine Descendant | 2016 | Pocket Star | e-book |
# | Title | Publication Date | |
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0.5 | A Sweet Bitter Poison | 2020 | |
1 | The Women’s War | 2019 | |
2 | Queen of the Unwanted | 2020 | |
3 | Mother of All | 2021 |
Anthology or Collection | Contents | Publication Date |
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The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance | Fangs For Hire | 2008 |
Morgan Kingsley Exorcist | The Devil Inside The Devil You Know The Devil's Due Speak of the Devil | 2010 |
Chicks Kick Butt | Nine-Tenths of the Law | 2011 |
Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5 | The Devil Inside The Devil You Know The Devil's Due Speak of the Devil The Devil's Playground | 2012 |
Descendant: The Complete Nikki Glass Series | Dark Descendant Deadly Descendant Pros and Cons Rogue Descendant | 2016 |
You Too? | ? | 2020 |
Del Rey's Next Reads Sampler 2020 Edition | ? | 2020 |
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