Jenna Black

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Jennifer Black
Born Ohio, U.S.
Pen nameJenna Black
Occupation Novelist
NationalityAmerican
Education Duke University (BA)
Period2001—present
GenreNo binary
Website
www.jennablack.com

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]

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Biography

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]

Bibliography

As Jennifer Barlow

As Jenna Black [7]

Free reads

  • Embraced in Darkness (2005–06) (can be downloaded for free from her website )
  • The Matchmaker’s Curse (can be downloaded for free if you become a member of her Free Reads Yahoo group)
  • Remedial Magic (can be downloaded for free from her website)

Replica

  1. Replica (2013)
  2. Resistance (2014)
  3. Revolution (2014)

Guardians of the Night

  1. Watchers in the Night (2006)
  2. Secrets in the Shadows (2007)
  3. Shadows on the Soul (2007)
  4. Hungers of the Heart (2008)

Morgan Kingsley

#TitlePublication

Date

Also In
1The Devil Inside2007Morgan Kingsley Exorcist

Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5

2The Devil You Know2008Morgan Kingsley Exorcist

Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5

3The Devil's Due2008Morgan Kingsley Exorcist

Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5

4Speak of the Devil2009Morgan Kingsley Exorcist

Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5

5The Devil's Playground2010Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5
5.1Nine-Tenths of the Law2011Chicks Kick Butt

Faeriewalker

#TitlePublication

Date

0.5Remedial Magic2010
1Glimmerglass2011
2Shadowspell2011
3Sirensong2011
3.5Girls' Night Out2012

Nikki Glass

#TitlePublication

Date

PublisherISBNComments
1Dark Descendant2011 Simon & Schuster ISBN   978-1451606799 Cover Art: Nathália Suellen
2Deadly Descendant2012 Simon & Schuster ISBN   9781451606805
2.5Pros and Cons2013 Pocket Star ISBN   1476700109 , 9781476700106
3Rogue Descendant2013 Pocket Books ISBN   9781476700083
4Divine Descendant2016 Pocket Star e-book

Nightstruck

  1. Nightstruck (2016)
  2. Night Magic (2017)

Gifted

  1. The Gifted Dead (2014)
  2. Schism (2015)

As Jenna Glass [8]

The Women's War

#TitlePublication

Date

0.5A Sweet Bitter Poison2020
1The Women’s War2019
2Queen of the Unwanted2020
3Mother of All2021

Anthologies and collections

Anthology or CollectionContentsPublication

Date

The Mammoth Book of Vampire RomanceFangs For Hire2008
Morgan Kingsley ExorcistThe Devil Inside

The Devil You Know

The Devil's Due

Speak of the Devil

2010
Chicks Kick ButtNine-Tenths of the Law2011
Morgan Kingsley Series Vol. 1-5The Devil Inside

The Devil You Know

The Devil's Due

Speak of the Devil

The Devil's Playground

2012
Descendant: The Complete Nikki Glass SeriesDark 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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  2. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984–1998)" . Retrieved 2010-01-17.
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