So this ship is five years in the making, holding out hope will get the opportunity to meet in real life one of these days one of these days.

And do you know that we first connected all the way back in 2017. I did a little poking around in my email archive. Jenni, thank you so much for joining me on this podcast. Her newest novel, Operation: Happy, releases in spring 2024 and is inspired be a real-life Pearl Harbor survivor.** Transcript created using AI (so please forgive the typos!) ** Over and Out is a thrilling and fast-paced espionage and escape story that is inspired by real stories of life in East Berlin during the Cold War.

Revolutionary War hero Sybil Ludington, who is often known as the 'female Paul Revere,' is brought to life in By the Light of Fireflies, Jenni's first historical novel with a touch of magical realism. Jenni has contributed Hettie and the London Blitz: A World War II Survival Story to the Girl's Survive series. She is also the author of I Am Defiance, inspired by a real-life resistance group, known as the White Rose. Jenni's next historical novel Unsinkable, about two resilient women, one of which is Violet Jessop who survived three maritime disasters, including the Titanic, will released January 9, 2024.įor the kiddos, Jenni's debut middle grade books, She Dared, features true stories from women who, at a young age, accomplished daring feats of perseverance and bravery. In The Call of the Wrens, Jenni introduces readers to the Women's Royal Naval Service (the Wrens), who carried wartime secrets on their shoulders as motorcycle dispatch riders during both world wars. Jenni's third historical women's fiction book A Betting Woman takes us to the California gold rush, featuring a little known woman from history, Eleanor Dumont, but who is largely remembered by the moniker Madame Moustache. In Becoming Bonnie, a prequel set in the Roaring Twenties, a picture of Bonnie's earlier life, before and while she meets Clyde, is brought to life. Now Jenni has moved on to stories with a bit more depth and, for the mamas, Side by Sideis a historical women's fiction story of America’s most infamous crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde told in the raw and honest voice of the woman who lived it, Bonnie Parker. Never fail, the storyline followed the same progression: girl meets boy, girl marries boy, girl and boy have baby. Her writing chops first began to develop through one-page stories. Beyond words, Jenni is a mama (of a soulful eight-year-old, a dinosaur-loving six-year-old, and three needy furbabies), a wife, a Philly and 'Nova sports fan.īut where did it all begin? Jenni spent her early years dabbling in various forms of writing and with her nose in a book. Walsh spends her days knee deep in words in Philadelphia’s suburbia.

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