About
JENNA BLUM is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of novels THOSE WHO SAVE US, THE STORMCHASERS, and THE LOST FAMILY; the memoir WOODROW ON THE BENCH; audio course "The Writer At Work: The Art of Writing Fiction," and WWII audiodrama "The Key of Love." Jenna is one of Oprah's Top Thirty Women Writers and CEO/ Co-Founder of online author interview platform A Mighty Blaze. Jenna has won numerous awards for her fiction, including The Ribalow Prize, awarded by Hadassah Magazine and awarded by Elie Wiesel; Jenna interviewed Holocaust survivors for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation. She holds a B.A. from Kenyon College and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University, where she was the Fiction Editor of AGNI Magazine and taught creative writing and journalism. Jenna has also led writing and novel workshops for Grub Street Writers, The Madeline Island School of the Arts, and other institutions for over 20 years. Jenna travels nationally and internationally to speak about her work; for her first novel, THOSE WHO SAVE US, Jenna spoke to over 800 book clubs. She lives in Boston with her black Lab Henry Higgins; her latest novel, KILL YOUR DARLINGS, is forthcoming from Harper Collins in 2025.
Featured Work
Those Who Save US
A German woman becomes the mistress of an SS officer during WWII to save herself and her young daughter, who once grown seeks the truth about how they survived, since the mother will never talk about it.