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Jennie Komp

Goodreads Author

Born

Southern California, The United States

Genre

Fiction, Young Adult, Paranormal

Influences

Paulo Coelho, J K Rowling, Stephenie Meyer ...more

Member Since

July 2011

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Jennie excelled at writing and storytelling from an early age. She wrote, illustrated and bound her first book at the age of nine. By the time she was thirteen she was reading and writing at the same level as a freshman in college. Painfully shy, her quest for self-expression, and her own voice, led her to compete in ballroom dance though high school. Graduating early, Jennie entered the collegiate world at the age of seventeen. After a dance injury in her first year of college she returned to her first love, stories; this time it was through the medium of theater.

While she craved the lead spot light, her talents were most often seen in cameo or character roles. For these she received rave reviews and even won awards but the true benefit c Jennie excelled at writing and storytelling from an early age. She wrote, illustrated and bound her first book at the age of nine. By the time she was thirteen she was reading and writing at the same level as a freshman in college. Painfully shy, her quest for self-expression, and her own voice, led her to compete in ballroom dance though high school. Graduating early, Jennie entered the collegiate world at the age of seventeen. After a dance injury in her first year of college she returned to her first love, stories; this time it was through the medium of theater.

While she craved the lead spot light, her talents were most often seen in cameo or character roles. For these she received rave reviews and even won awards but the true benefit came in hindsight. Since the smaller parts were not enough she often volunteered, helping out backstage and running lines with the leads. It gave her precious time to observe, to work stories from multiple perspectives, eventually coaching actors in the development of their on stage personas. She showed promise as a director and scene writer with a profound understanding of dialog. Within a year she was offered a full ride scholarship.

Jennie grew up on the move. By the age of fourteen she had lived in five different states and spent a year in Greece and she is still on the move. Her experience ranges from a working farm to dense city but she has learned that her heart is in nature. She sites her first trip to the Redwoods as “Life Changing”. Ever a student of her own personal growth, she says that she is a lover of great stories first and a writer second. Given the choice, she would be directing movies because she feels that those are the stories that make the biggest impact.

She writes what she loves to read. In 2003 she began entering her character and story driven poetry in national competitions. She won an Editor’s Choice Award two years in a row. Her most recent project, TOUCHED, began as a ten minute play. When she realized she had not stopped thinking about it for a year she decided to write until she knew what became of her characters. The result has been the thrilling start to what is sure to be memorable series.

Jennie currently makes her home just south of Portland, Oregon, with her wonderful husband David and their two dogs. ...more