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Jennifer Brody

21 Published Novels

Jennifer Brody’s sold 21 books (3 bestsellers) to Turner publishing and Disney. She just sold a new three-book astro-romance series to Podium Publishing. Jen’s also the author of the "Disney Chills" book series (as Vera Strange), "The 13th Continuum" trilogy for which she won Independent Publisher's Moonbeam Children's Award, a Stoker Finalist for "Spectre Deep 6" and Otherwise Award-nominated for "200," prompting Forbes to call her “a star in the graphic novel world.” She’s the co-author of "Star Wars: Stories of Jedi & Sith," in which she penned the Darth Vader story. She’s also a Harvard grad, a film/TV producer and writer who began her career in Hollywood working for A-List directors and movie studios on "The Lord of the Rings" films and "The Golden Compass." Jen’s helped many Padders write and publish their books.

“Jen gives great detailed notes, including other books to read or things to watch that remind her of the piece. She's also very encouraging and friendly and creates a welcoming class environment.”
“Her feedback was clear and constructive. Over the course of the class, I could see improvement in my own writing based on her notes, as well as in my classmates' work. I felt both encouraged and challenged by her. She did a good job of involving all of the classmates in the workshop, and encouraging everyone to contribute both their writing and their comments.”
“Jen is an expert at getting to the essential core of our stories and helping them to progress in a way that highlights that and accentuates the writer's style. She is phenomenal with structure as well.”
“Jennifer is great to learn from. Her enthusiasm for the subject of writing fiction and her skillful ability to de-mystify the craft by describing the discrete challenges we as writers must climb through is very encouraging and helped me overcome the intimidation I've felt over the prospect of pushing forward from short story concepts and fragments - into a cohesive whole.”
“Jen knows all there is to know about novel structure, and can explain it in a more accessible way than any other teacher I've ever had. Jen has helped me figure out a way to break down my novel so that I can actually write it, instead of staring at the same few pages and not making any progress”

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