JENNIFER SIENES: Shadow Dancing

Jennifer Sienes loves Jesus, romance, and writing—and puts it altogether in inspirational contemporary fiction. Although fiction writing is her real love, she’s had several non-fiction pieces published in anthologies including Chicken Soup for the Soul. Her daughter’s Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and brother’s suicide inspired two of her three novels.

Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in education, but discovered life-experience is the best teacher. She has two grown children and one very spoiled Maltese.

California born and raised, she recently took a step of faith with her real-life hero and relocated to Tennessee.

MINISTERING THROUGH WRITING

“Writing for me has been a process of growing both in the craft and in my character. When I was young, I had visions of grandeur—the next Danielle Steele or Nora Roberts. It was as much about fame and fortune as it was the love of stories. Daydreams without any basis in reality—or actual butt-in-the-chair work. Then I grew up.