Jennifer Bellak is an American

United States

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 author

Author

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 of paranormal romance novels

Paranormal romance

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, urban fantasy

Urban fantasy

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, and young adult fantasy novels under the pen name Jenna Black. She published one novel under her married name, Jennifer Barlow and at least two short stories under her maiden name.

Biography

Jenna Black was raised in Philadelphia. She got her BA in physical anthropology and French from Duke University

Duke University

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 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. Her first mass market paperback, Watchers in the Night (Tor Paranormal Romance), came out in 2006.

Black is represented by the Irene Goodman Literary Agency and is a member of the online writing blog, Deadline Dames.

Guardians of the Night Series

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 Series

1. The Devil Inside (2007)
2. The Devil You Know (2008)
3. The Devil's Due (2008)
4. Speak of the Devil (2009)
5. The Devil's Playground (2010)

Faeriewalker series

1. Glimmerglass (2010)
2. Shadowspell (2011)
3. Sirensong (2011)

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)

External links

• Jenna Black Official Website