About the Author

Jenna Glatzer is an award-winning full-time writer who's written 20 books and hundreds of articles for magazines and online publications.

Her main writing interests are biographies and memoirs, and she often writes about health and parenting. She also loves writing for children, as well as writing humor.

Her latest release is The Pregnancy Project with Gaby Rodriguez, who faked her own pregnancy as a senior project in high school (Simon & Schuster Young Readers, 2012). The book was also made into a Lifetime television movie by the same name. The book has been featured on Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, The Today Show, Telemundo, Inside Edition, and many others.

She worked with Celine Dion on the authorized biography Celine Dion: For Keeps (Andrews McMeel), which was one of Jenna's favorite life experiences. The book was featured on The View, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Entertainment Tonight.

(Jenna's not particularly short; Celine is tall!)

She also wrote The Marilyn Monroe Treasures (Barnes & Noble, 2008), which is in the same format as the Celine Dion book-- oversized hardcover filled with removable memorabilia. It's available exclusively from Barnes & Noble in the U.S. with more than 40,000 copies sold, and has been translated into Italian, Spanish, German, and French.

My Stolen Son is Susan Markowitz's story. Her son Nick Markowitz was murdered in 2000 at the orders of drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood. This story was the basis of the movie Alpha Dog, starring Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis, and Sharon Stone. The book won both Editor's Choice and People's Choice in the True Crime Book Awards. (Berkley, 2010; visit www.mystolenson.com).

Unthinkable is a memoir written with Scott Rigsby, the first double-amputee to finish the world-famous Hawaiian Ironman triathlon (Tyndale House, 2009; visit www.scottrigsby.com). 

She co-authored the books Fertility Foods (Simon & Schuster, 2006) with Jeremy Groll, M.D. and Lorie Groll, and Bullyproof Your Child's Life (Penguin, 2007) with Joel Haber, Ph.D. 

Unbroken (Thomas Nelson, 2007) is a Christian memoir about overcoming abuse and addiction, written with Tracy Elliott.

She's written three books for writers: the Amazon top 10 bestseller Outwitting Writer’s Block and Other Problems of the Pen (The Lyons Press, 2003), Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer (Nomad Press, 2004), and The Street-Smart Writer (Nomad Press, 2006).

She's also worked on two books for people with anxiety disorders: Fear Is No Longer My Reality (McGraw-Hill, 2005) is a book she co-wrote with Jamie Blyth of The Bachelorette, telling his tale about overcoming panic disorder and social anxiety disorder. Conquering Panic and Anxiety Disorders (Hunter House, 2002) is an anthology of success stories from people who've overcome all sorts of anxiety disorders.

Her latest children's picture book is Hattie, Get a Haircut!, a whimsical rhyming story about a girl who refuses to get her hair cut. She also authored three nonfiction books for children sold through the educational market.

Because Jenna is a ghostwriter, not all of her work carries her byline, and she can't always talk about what she's worked on. So if you read a book you really like, you can always pretend she wrote it. She'll like that. If it's a bad book, no way did she write it. Ptooey, and other disdainful noises.

Magazines and websites Jenna has written for include Writer's Digest, Physical, Prevention, Woman’s World, Woman’s Own, USAA, Women's Health & Fitness, Salon.com, ePregnancy, Contemporary Bride, Match.com, MSN, and AOL.  

Jenna has also written hundreds of greeting cards and copy for mugs, bumper stickers, doormats, aprons, t-shirts, buttons, magnets, and plaques for companies such as Gallant Greetings, Paradise Greetings, Ephemera, High Cotton, and Northern Cards.

An experienced speaker, Jenna is a frequent media guest. She was the honorary chairperson of the national I Love to Write Day and a writing workshop instructor for the Omega Institute. She also served as a judge of the Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards.

Her proudest accomplishment so far is overcoming agoraphobia. 

She is still mourning the loss of Angel, the brilliant Joss Whedon TV series that spun off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  She is convinced that when she gets rich enough, she's going to single-handedly resurrect the series, even if that doesn't happen until all of the principal actors are in their 80s.

Her home is in New York with her her fabulous little girl (Sarina), and her kitty (Kira). 

Who's profiled or interviewed Jenna?

VH1, Parade Magazine, NBC News, Woman's World, Writer's Market, Lifetime Television, Newsday, Media Bistro, Canada's Stars! network, and many more.

Miscellaneous facts about Jenna, for her truly devoted fans:

• Boston University alumna

• Avid drinker of peach tea

• Cat: Kira, calico

• Favorite authors: Maya Angelou, T.C. Boyle

• Favorite TV shows: American Idol, Bear in the Big Blue House (quit looking at me like that)

• Drug of choice: Motrin

• Favorite human being: her brother, Paul

• Favorite song: "Round Here" by Counting Crows, live 10-minute version

• Career before writing: Stage actress

• Can't navigate her way out of her own driveway without her Garmin

• Born on Thanksgiving

• Oddly wedge-shaped feet, size 7

• Favorite musicals: Godspell, Hair, Starmites, Les Mis, Rent, Miss Saigon, Aida, Chess, Closer Than Ever... okay, she'll stop now. 

• She's a sucker for the book cart at the library, where she loads up on hardcover books for 50 cents and paperbacks for a quarter. A quarter! 

• Thankful for: old friends, fast metabolism, close family, kind readers