2009 Readers' Festival Jennifer Kogler Jennifer will be speaking from 2:30-3:30 pm in the Jacaranda Room

Jennifer Anne Kogler, 27, lives in California, where she was born and raised. She’s wanted to be a writer since she was old enough to hold a pencil.

While a student at Princeton University, Jennie spent a semester studying in London, finding time between classes to travel through most of Europe (including an almost fatal boat ride to Inishmore off the coast of Ireland). After graduating with a B.A. in English and delivering a graduation speech with her twin brother Jeremy, she returned home, determined to fulfill her career dream of becoming a fulltime writer.

Taking up residence in her old bedroom she revised the novel that she’d written as her senior thesis at Princeton. By the end of the summer following graduation Jennie sent her revised manuscript, Ruby Tuesday, off to literary agencies. Within a few days, she received a phone call from an agent offering to represent her and two months later, she had a two-book deal with HarperCollins.

Jennie is a longtime fan of the L.A. Dodgers. Her second novel, The Otherworldlies, is her first “official” foray into fantasy. She is currently at work on her third novel and completed her first year at Stanford Law School last spring.

For more information visit http://www.jenniferannekogler.com