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| User: | jenlyn_b (6842496) |
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| Name: | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | |
| Website: | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | |
| Birthdate: | 10-19 | |
| Bio: | I'm a young adult writer/class of 2006 Yalie/cognitive scientist/pop culture junkie. I'm told we're a rare breed, but I really think the movement is growing. My first novel, GOLDEN, tells the story of a teenage aura seer dealing with the cliques at her new high school- and a supernatural mystery that just might be more deadly than the mean girls themselves. My second, TATTOO, centers on four best friends who apply a set of temporary tattoos that unbeknownst to them have a mystical origin. As a result, the girls develop supernatural powers and a destiny that involves taking down an ancient evil- before she can wreak havoc at their high school dance. My most recent release, PLATINUM, is a sequel to GOLDEN. The story follows the leader of the school's A-List, who also doubles as an unlikely ghost whisperer. Right now, I have seven more YA books scheduled for release: 2008 Releases February 12: THE SQUAD: When loner Toby Klein is recruited to the varsity cheerleading squad, she discovers that the cheerleaders are goverment operatives and that the squad is just a cover-up. Life as an anti-social blackbelt turned cheerleading secret agent is about to get interesting... February 12: THE SQUAD: KILLER SPIRIT: Toby has to deal with a deadly new mission- and with a nomination to homecoming court. Oh, the horror! 2009 January: FATE (a companion to TATTOO) focuses on a mortal girl who becomes one of the three Fates, and the choices that come along with growing up. Summer: SCIENCE, THE APOCALYPSE, AND ME, the first in a new, four-book series entitled CHAOS THEORY. Together, the four books follow the high school years of a teenage girl who discovers that the fate of the world is tied to her ability to master high school science. 2010 and beyond Books 2-4 in the CHAOS THEORY series. More info to come. *** I'm working on a variety of other projects. I could tell you about them, but then I'd have to kill you. :) My other major passion is cognitive science, especially comparative cognition and evolutionary psychology. You can check out my psych research in ANIMAL COGNITION and THE JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. I mostly do work on child and primate cognition, so I get to spend a lot of my "spare" time in the field playing with lemurs and monkeys of all kinds. I do some work on object cognition, but my main area of interest is the phylogeny of social cognition, including understanding of intentions, agency, and animacy, Theory of Mind, and fun stuff like that. I just finished my Fulbright year in England, where I did autism research with human adults. As of September 2007, I'm back at Yale for a PhD. Let's see... what else? I play volleyball, dance ballet, and enjoy singing bad karaoke with my former roommates. I really like candy with high sugar content and don't like chocolate. I was once a seat filler at the Teen Choice Awards and got to sit on the red carpet and look at the guy who played Dean on Gilmore Girls (aka Sam on Supernatural), who was really hot. I am certifiably addicted to teen television (R.I.P., WB!) and to comics (especially X-men and Runaways!), and I'm easily distracted by shiny objects. | |
| Schools: | Yale University - New Haven, CT (2002 - 2006) | |
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