Janet Kay Jensen

Janet Kay Jensen

Infobox Writer
name = Janet Kay Jensen


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birthdate = April 3, 1951
birthplace = Berkeley, California
occupation = Author
nationality = American
spouse = Miles Jensen
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website = http://janetjensen.com
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Janet Kay Jensen is an American author. She was born April 3, 1951 in Berkeley, California. She earned the following degrees: B.S. Utah State University (Logan, Utah) and M.A. Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). Jensen resides in northern Utah. [cite web |url=http://famousmormons.net/auth2.html |title=Famous Mormon Writers and Authors |work=Famous Mormons |accessdate=2008-06-10 ]

Jensen's novel "Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys" was awarded third prize at the 2004 Irreantum fiction contest by the Association for Mormon Letters. [cite news |title=Mormon fiction contest winners announced |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10431B46D331263E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Deseret Morning News |date=2004-07-31 |accessdate=2008-06-10 ]

Jensen's novel has grown to include an international audience. A feature article in an online Brisbane, Australia news link conducted an interview to discuss the book and current events. [http://www.australia.to/story/0,25197,23040466-981,00,00.html]

Novel

*"Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys" (Bonneville Books, "Cedar Fort Inc". 2007) ISBN 9781599550756 [cite news |title=Book reviews: Don't You Marry the Mormon Boys |url=http://mormontimes.com/ME_books.php?bID=35 |work=MormonTimes.com |date=2008-05-07 |accessdate=2008-06-10 ]

Nonfiction

* (with Shaunda Kennedy Wenger) "The Book Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages that Feature Them" (Wenger & Jensen, "Ballantine Books", 2003) ISBN 0345465466 [cite news |title=Well-read & well-fed |url=http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,575038789,00.html |work=Deseret Morning News |date=2003-12-24 |accessdate=2008-06-10 ]

Contributing Author

*"Writing Secrets: A Comprensive Guide to Writing Fiction & Nonfiction in the LDS Market" (LDStorymakers 2005)
*"The Magic of Stories: Literature-Based Language Intervention" (Strong & North, Thinking Publications 1996)

References

External Links

* [http://www.janetjensen.com Official website]

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