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Jennifer Willis

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in Virginia, The United States

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Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery

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Kurt Vonnegut, Robert J. Sawyer, Jane Austen, Jim Butcher, Carrie Vaug ...more

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Jennifer Willis loves tales of magickal mayhem, unlikely adventure, and playful intrigue.

She is the author of that Haunted Coast paranormal cozy mystery series, the Norse-themed Rune Witch urban fantasy series, and the MARS science fiction romance books. Her “Why We Look Up” column for Sky & Telescope launched in October 2021. She is also the writer behind the (sadly discontinued) Northwest Love Stories feature in The Oregonian and has a byline in the British Fantasy Award-winning Women Destroy Science Fiction from Lightspeed, named one of NPR’s best books in 2014.

An amateur backyard astronomer and avid collector of backpacks, she lives in Oregon with her dude, a giant dog, and a cranky cat.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 1,051 ratings · 166 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Valhalla (Rune Witch #1) 3.74 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iduna's Apples (Valhalla #2) 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Pool (Valhalla #3) 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raven Quest (Rune Witch #4) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mars Ho! (Mars Adventure Romance #1) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twilight Magic (Rune Witch #6) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chaos Magic (Rune Witch #5) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asylum by Jennifer Willis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeffrey Cook (Goodreads Author), William Cook 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lovers and Lunatics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mars Heat (Mars Adventure Romance #3) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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why Starbright is on Patreon (and my website) and not Substack

Wide-angle view of Aldebaran, the Hyades, and the Pleiades (barely, at the top). Imaged at Camp Hancock, Oregon, on 20 September 2026 by Jennifer Willis.

My Starbright newsletter — on the intersection of astronomy and disability, or “musings of a disabled stargazer,” if you will — would have launched almost a full year earlier if I hadn’t wrestled so long with which publication platform to choose. Everyone is on Substack, and the gravitational pull of that platform is strong. Some […] Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Jennifer Willis

Rune Witch (6 books)
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Mars Adventure Romance (3 books)
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The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression

by Angela Ackerman (Goodreads Author)

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The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

by Christopher Vogler

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The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living

by Peter Bowerman

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