Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes | |
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| Born | October 19, 1984 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University (PhD) |
| Occupations | Writer, author |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Notable work | The Inheritance Games |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | jenniferlynnbarnes |
Jennifer Lynn Barnes (born October 19, 1984) is an American writer of young adult novels.
Jennifer "Jen" Lynn Barnes was born on October 19, 1984,[1][2] in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[3]
She graduated from high school in 2002, then attended Yale University, where she studied cognitive science.[3] She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the university in 2006 and a Ph.D. in 2012.[3][4]
She is married and has three sons.[5]
Career
Barnes wrote her first novel at age nineteen[6] and sold five books while completing university.[4]
After receiving her Ph.D. from Yale University, she conducted autism research at the University of Cambridge.[3][4] She now serves as an associate professor of both psychology and professional writing at the University of Oklahoma.[4][7] In 2019, she received the university's Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Presidential Professorship.[8][6]
