ABOUT ME
Jennifer Voigt Kaplan is an award-winning author of children’s books. Her debut novel, Crushing the Red Flowers, won a 2020 Christopher Award in the Books for Young People category. It was also recognized in six literary contests before its publication, including earning a Letter of Merit for the SCBWI Work-in-Progress Grant and winning the middle-grade category of Publishers Weekly Booklife Prize for Fiction. Jennifer was born in Germany, raised in Philadelphia, and now resides in the New York City area. She holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in marketing and from the London School of Economics in social psychology.
Outside of writing, Jennifer founded The Public Arts Council, her town’s first organization dedicated to public arts. When she’s not inventing people in her head, she’s painting murals on underpasses, wishing she had more time to watch sci-fi movies, and arguing that there should be no limit on the number of garden gnomes that are considered socially acceptable. She lives with her husband, three children, and a cheeky beta-fish named Bubbles, who thinks it’s hilarious to play dead.
IN THE MEDIA
Patch: Jennifer Voigt Kaplan Wins Christopher Award for Kid’s Book
PR Newswire: 71st Annual Christopher Award Winners Celebrate Courage, Grace, and Mercy
69 News: WFMZ-TV: 71st Annual Christopher Award Winners Celebrate Courage, Grace, and Mercy
Catholic New York: 71st Annual Christopher Award Winners Celebrate Courage, Grace, and Mercy
Stockhouse: 71st Annual Christopher Award Winners Celebrate Courage, Grace, and Mercy
nErDCampNJ 2020: Helping Students Break Through Writer’s Block
Catholic New York: Stories Make the Difference in Award-Winning Christophers Books
Catholic Sentinel: Christopher Awards announce book winners
Press Release: 71st ANNUAL CHRISTOPHER AWARD WINNERS
WriteOnCon: Author Panel VIDEO: Deciding What to Write Next
Darlene Beck-Jacobson Blog: Character Facts about Crushing the Red Flowers
Middle Grade Ninja: Author Interview PODCAST with Jennifer Voigt Kaplan | 1 hour episode
MG Book Village: 5 Tips for Writing About Difficult Topics for Middle-Grade Readers
The Whole Megillah: Author’s Notebook | Crushing the Red Flowers by Jennifer Voigt Kaplan
Publishers Weekly: Mining for Truth: An Indie Success Story
Publishers Weekly: The BookLife Prize: Mining for Truth: An Indie Success Story
Always in the Middle Blog: Crushing the Red Flowers Review
The Write Path Blog: Author Interview
Kathy Temean’s Writing & Illustrating Blog: Book Journey and Giveaway
Publishers Weekly: The BookLife Prize – Checking In with Jennifer Voigt Kaplan