About Jenny

Drawing on her communications experience with engineering, safety, and cybersecurity companies, Jenny creates contemporary thrillers and mysteries for teens and adults. Raised in Ohio with Kentucky roots, she splits her time between Pittsburgh and Florida’s Gulf Coast. She’s active in the Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime and the Rt. 19 Writers group in Pittsburgh.

Lots of exciting news lately!

My Debut Novel - Now available on Amazon

Junior Health & Safety Officer Maryanne Danner not only follows the rules, she enforces them with fervor. On assignment to inspect an Utah incineration facility, her by-the-book approach drives plant manager Gus Lightfoot crazy—even after she slips her steel-toed boots under his bed. When the DEA sends a secret drug shipment to the plant for incineration, unexpected visitors also arrive. To keep Gus and the crew safe she’ll have to do more than bend the rules, she’ll have to blow the rulebook sky high. Available now on Amazon .

Black Orchid Novella Award

My novella “Workplace Rules for a Fire-Breathing Dragon” was one of four stories that received an Honorable mention in the contest, organized by Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and the Wolfe Pack.

A huge thank you to Jane Cleland, Writer and Educator Extraordinaire. Jane spoke at a spring meeting of the Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime and encouraged people to enter. So glad I did!

Killer Nashville News

My YA manuscript, The DNA of a Solitary Bee, was selected as a ‘Top Pick’ in the Clayton competition. Very exciting.

Bouchercon 2024 - Nashville!

I’m very happy to report that my short story, Ruby’s Rodeo Tailors and Western Wear Emporium, was selected for inclusion in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024! The book is stuffed full of great crime and mystery stories from an impressive lineup of short story writers (including the amazing editor, Heather Graham), now available on Amazon .

I decided that Ruby needed a logo for her shop. In honor of my fictitious seamstress, there was a very special jacket on Thursday night for the anthology signing.

Check out the FLGC SinC Anthology!!

I live near the sunny, salty Gulf Coast in the winter months and love my Sisters in Crime. Check out our ‘deadly’ stories—we’ve got everything from designer bags to orange groves! My story, A Long-Term Plan, was chosen as the first chapter! Available now on Amazon: FLGC SinC - Paradise is Deadly

The DNA of a Solitary Bee, a YA Mystery

When a DNA test leads a brilliant, abandoned teen to her father, she’s whisked to a new life in Chicago where a science-focused family embraces her as their own. Confused one day in the new city, Shay turns down the wrong alley and witnesses a murder. Desperate, she promises the killer a future favor in exchange for her life, but soon learns what he wants will destroy her new family. With echoes of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale, she races to discover the madman’s identity and stop him, using science and street smarts, as the due date looms.

A High-Strung Italian Beauty, YA Novel

Seventeen-year-old cyclist Sam Chase has big plans for a pro career. After a string of wins, his hard work pays off when his dream team asks him to try out over spring break. Before Sam can share his good news with Pap, his biggest fan, he’s floored to learn his grandparents are moving from Pittsburgh to New Mexico. Sam insists on helping 80-year-old Pap drive the moving truck cross country—even though it means cancelling his try out.

Modesto Bianchi Weaver has been surrounded by the world of pro cycling since birth. Forced to drive cross country to a Western race with her bike sales rep mom, she wants nothing to do with boys on bikes, until Sam flats on an Oklahoma back road. She changes his tire. He changes her mind. The world of cycling will never be the same.