While a student at Swarthmore College, she worked on the staff of the literary magazine, Small Craft Warnings. She then moved to Athens, Georgia where she received Masters degrees in Creative Writing and Counseling and Human Development.

Along with many years spent in the southeastern US, she has lived in Zurich, Switzerland, Reading, England, and in the San Francisco Bay area. She has worked a wide range of jobs from ravioli maker in a small family run ravioli factory to therapist at the Center for Counseling and Testing at The University of Georgia.

Jennifer currently resides in Athens, Georgia where she works at The University of Georgia. She is a free lance writer, and along with her debut novel The Night She Died has published articles in Athen's Magazine and the Athen's Banner Herald. Jennifer's essays have been featured on Georgia Public Radio. She has taught community education classes in creative writing, and continues to offer free-lance editing services.