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Jenny O'Brien

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Hi and thanks for stopping by.

I took up writing about twenty years ago when I first came up with a plot for a book, and I haven't stopped since. When I’m not writing, I’m ferrying around 3 teenagers or working as a nurse. I’m also an all-year-round sea swimmer.
I write what I love to read, which is romance and thrillers.

My next release, out February, 2026, is The Resistance Knitting Club, a World War 2 historical novel set in Guernsey, the UK and France. I am currently working on my third WW2 novel.

If you like my writing please get in touch - my social media links are below (I’m rarely on Goodreads so it’s best not to drop me a message here). I also have a newsletter, which you can sign up to via my website.

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I’m absolutely thrilled to share my next book with you. The Secret Dressmaker is the second in my Threads Series. It features some characters from The Resistance Knitting Club as well as introducing Parachute Packer Flora Toussaint and her twin daughters.

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“blaming someone else for my problems isn’t going to make them disappear.”
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“We’re all different, just like we’re all special.”
Jenny O'Brien, Boy Brainy

“dead is what I’ll be if I can’t find that shoe. I’ll be pulverised like plasticine by Greasy Guillim if I have to go to school in my Reeboks again. Not that I can find my Reeboks either - I think they’ve decided to hide out and party with the rest of my footwear, but where? That is the question. My eyes are drawn to the shoebox in the corner, even as I struggle to avoid the elephant in the room. Well it’s not actually an elephant. Who’d have an elephant in their room? No, it’s a panda. But not just one panda – two! Two pandas I’ll be forced to wear on my feet, if I can’t come up with an alternative pretty quick. They’re still brand new, and that’s the way they’ll remain if I’ve anything to do with it. I know Granny Paddy’s old, but that’s no excuse for furry animal slippers at my age.”
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Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* Thank you for the friend request Jenny :)


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