

Although she did write a few more practice books before getting to this stage, she brought out Golden when she was nineteen and was a success fairly early on. Not showing this to anyone, she went onto university and, when she was only nineteen, she managed to get her first book completed and published, thus establishing her as a figure upon the literary scene. Jennifer Lynn Barnes always had a passion and love for writing ever since an early age and she completed her first book when she was just in high-school, which she now considers to be her ‘practice novel’.

This is something she manages to do full-time and is something she will continue doing on a regular basis, as she goes on with her studies and her writing. Keeping her studies in-line with her writing, she simultaneously juggles them both to great success, managing to work them off each other, as she balances both science and literature. Now working on her PHD after returning back to the United States, she continues to work full-time with her novels and writing, whilst her career grows and grows. Studying at Cambridge as well, she did her post-graduate work after being awarded a Fulbright to help assist her during her time spent there at their institute. Graduating from high-school in 2002, she went onto Yale University expanding her knowledge even further than before, as she gained a degree in cognitive science in 2006. Living an active life as she has has given her insight unlike any other writers within her field to date, thus meaning that she has flourished here giving her readers a level of depth that they would not have otherwise.

At one time she was a competitive cheerleader, another a primate cognition researcher, dancer, debutante and teen model. Born in Tulsa of Oklahoma, she had an extremely active life growing up, giving her a number of unique experiences that helped provide her with the insight and inspiration for becoming the writer that she is today. Gaining an audience worldwide, she’s been writing since an early age, finishing her first full novel when just nineteen, as she continues to write to this very day.Īlso going by the name of just Jen, Jennifer Lynn Barnes has always had a passion for reading, writing and the written word in general. Hailing from Tulsa in Oklahoma, she’s gained a loyal following for her many novels and fantasy series. Having gained a variety of different achievements before becoming a successful writer, the American author Jennifer Lynn Barnes has created a number of fantasy novels for young adults.
