Writers, where do you write? Readers, where do you picture writers writing? How I choose my writing spaces--and why I painted my newest one black. Writer On The Road column up NOW for Grub Street Writers: http://bit.ly/ytSaen
January 2012: The official tally is done: Dutch newspapers report THOSE WHO SAVE US/ HET FAMILIEPORTRET is THE bestselling book of 2011 in Holland. BEDANKT to Dutch pulbisher de Boekerij and Dutch friends for making this dream come true! Dutch Bestseller No. 1
Merci bien to French publisher Editions First for this gorgeous CHASSEURS DE TORNADES cover. This French edition of THE STORMCHASERS will be available May 28, 2012.
Something to be extra-thankful for: As of today, Thanksgiving 2011, THOSE WHO SAVE US / HET FAMILIEPORTRET is the # 1 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN HOLLAND!
October 12, 2011: THOSE WHO SAVE US/ HET FAMILIE PORTRET hits NO. 1 on the Dutch fiction bestseller list! JOOOPIEEEEE!
HEARTLAND FRIENDS: Jenna is back in the Midwest! Please attend her Stormchasers presentation at the Minnesota Library Association Conference 10/13 in Duluth, MN--because The Stormchasers is the statewide book pick! And listen to Jenna discuss Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers on Blog Talk Radio 10/16, 4 P.M. CDT. Complete events list here
September 20, 2011: As of today, THOSE WHO SAVE US/ HET FAMILIE PORTRET has sold over A QUARTER MILLION COPIES in Holland! Bedankt, miraculous Dutch readers!
September 14, 2011: THOSE WHO SAVE US/ HET FAMILIE PORTRET is holding steady at No. 4 on the Dutch bestseller list--this is the novel's 45th STRAIGHT WEEK on the list!!
THRILLED that THE STORMCHASERS has been chosen to lead as the One Book, One Conference pick for the Minnesota Library Association 2011 Conference! To attend the October 13th event and hear Jenna talk 'CHASERS, please register here.
This review just in from THE STORMCHASERS' home territory: The Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls the novel "Powerful...electric...artful...A touching read about a complicated sibling relationship, with thoughtful analogies about the storms of human emotion and actual storms." ~July 2011
If you're curious about what Jenna's real-life stormchasing adventures look like, check out this new album posted by award-winning, world-renowned extreme weather photographer Jim Reed, who followed Jenna's Tempest Tours 4B and 9!
July 12, 2011: Dutch publisher de Boekerij announces THOSE WHO SAVE US has sold 200,000+ copies in Holland! and remains on the Dutch bestseller list at # 5.
"Now out in paperback, THE STORMCHASERS is a book to put on your radar." Find out why The Pittsburgh Tribune thinks so!: read STORMCHASERS review here
"I didn't want to love this book but I couldn't help it." Love this honest review of THE STORMCHASERS by Reflections of a Bookaholic.
Double-scoop good news day: THOSE WHO SAVE US is on its 31st straight week on the Dutch bestseller list, currently holding steady at # 4. THE STORMCHASERS is keeping up with it at # 57.
And THE STORMCHASERS paperback trailer just won a Bronze Award at the 31st Telly Awards, thanks to its uber-talented producer John Pagliuca! The awesome award-winning trailer
Worth traveling to Wichita for!
Please join Jenna, world-renowned extreme weather photographer Jim Reed (STORM CHASER: A PHOTOGRAPHER"S JOURNEY) and WeatherData CEO Mike Smith (WARNINGS) on June 6, Watermark Books, 7 PM.
May 16, 2011: Jenna returns to her old stormchasing grounds of the Twin Cities to talk about THE STORMCHASERS on KARE-11 TV! watch KARE-11 interview here
May 11, 2011: THOSE WHO SAVE US hits NUMBER ONE on the Dutch bestseller list! with THE STORMCHASERS not far behind at # 46 (up 9 spots from last week). JOOPIE!
Great interview with AuthorLink about THE STORMCHASERS--love my interviewer's accent & questions! Listen to AuthorLink interview here
My thoughts and prayers are with the people and communities afflicted by the historic tornado outbreak of April 27-28. To donate or volunteer via the Red Cross, please visit here.
APRIL 26:
THE STORMCHASERS is now out in paperback!
To watch the trailer & become acquainted with THE STORMCHASERS, please click here!
To listen to an interview on Book Club Radio about THE STORMCHASERS, the writing life, and the particulars of a writer's anatomy, please click here!
To read a fresh-off-the-press review of THE STORMCHASERS, please click here!
To buy the new paperback edition, please click here!
Above all, Jenna and THE STORMCHASERS wish you happy and transporting reading.
Please enjoy the PHENOMENAL new trailer for THE STORMCHASERS paperback here! And don't forget: the paperback is out next week, April 26th.
THE STORMCHASERS/ IN TWEESTRIJD will be released in Holland the 2nd week of April! The Dutch edition of THE STORMCHASERS
March 30, 2001: THOSE WHO SAVE US is # 2 on the Dutch bestseller list! One....more....step....
THE STORMCHASERS will be released in paperback ONE MONTH from today: APRIL 26th! Look for this new cover wherever books are sold: THE STORMCHASERS paperback cover
As of March 9, 2011, THOSE WHO SAVE US has sold over 100,000 copies in Holland! and is enjoying its 18th week on the Dutch Bestseller List. Currently, it's # 6.
Latest interview with Jenna for The Drum, the Lit Mag for your ears! Features include: where Jenna writes (the Scriptorium?), her synesthesia, surviving snowbombs--and Woodrow the Stormchasing Black Lab's soundtrack. Listen here: Jenna on The Drum
Happy New Year! THOSE WHO SAVE US kicks off 2011 at NUMBER THREE on the Dutch bestseller list. What will happen next week?
For those of you who've asked how I manage all that time on the road, my travel secrets via SheWrites: read Jenna's "I've Been Everywhere" travel post
December 1, 2010: Weer! (again!): THOSE WHO SAVE US hits its 4TH week on the Dutch Bestseller List.
Thanksgiving week: THOSE WHO SAVE US has just hit its third week on the Dutch Bestseller List! Heel erg bedankt!
What do THE STORMCHASERS, Jonathan Frazen's FREEDOM, Kathryn Stockett's THE HELP have in common? According to the Patriot Ledger, they're all on the South Shore bestseller list this week! South Shore bestsellers, 11/6/10
THE STORMCHASERS now available on audio! from Recorded Books: get 'CHASERS audio Enjoy!
Footage from Jenna's August 2010 stormchases made CNN and Good Morning America!
And when you see them, you'll understand why.
New video up here: view new chases
STORMCHASERS reading/ Q&A from the famous Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City: view Jenna's reading/ STORMCHASERS discussion
**Jenna just made OPRAH'S Thirty Favorite Women Writers List!**
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Favorite-Women-Writers/15#slide
She is honored to be in such great company.
THE STORMCHASERS is BORDERS' summer reading pick! To get you started:
FOXy stormchasing: Jenna discusses THE STORMCHASERS on
Fox 25 News with chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz.
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