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Jessica Keener's Biography

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Married to a wonderful man from Georgia
Jan 2008

Jessica Keener's debut novel, Night Swim, came out in January 2012 with Fiction Studio Books. Her fiction has been listed in the Pushcart Prize anthology under ‘Outstanding Writers'. Recent stories have appeared in Wilderness House Literary Review, MiPOesias, Eclectica, Night Train and Connotation Press. She is  a recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant in fiction and the co-author of Time to Make the Donuts, about the extraordinary life of Dunkin’ Donuts founder William Rosenberg.   She also is a features writer for The Boston Globe and other national magazines including O, the Oprah magazine, Design New England, New England Home, The Huffington Post, and others. Her debut novel, Night Swim, was published January 10, 2012 with Fiction Studio Books.  Her website: www.jessicakeener.com

Influences

Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Jean Rhys, Jane Austen, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Hannah Arendt, Marilynne Robinson, and so many more.

Upcoming Works

 

Night Swim, my debut novel, published on January 10, 2012, Fiction Studio Books

Time To Make the Donuts

Agents

Donadio & Olsen - Carrie Howland

Recommended Links

Publishers

Fiction Studio Books

Interests & Hobbies

Walking, talking, reading, traveling to places like Vermont, California, Europe. Would love to go to Africa.  Movies. Dinner with friends.  Praline gelato.