The conventional wisdom tells authors that once they publish in a particular genre they should stick to it, but more and more, today’s authors are branching out. Sometimes under a single name and sometimes using a pseudonym (or two), authors are crossing genres, co-authoring with others, and generally writing up a storm across the old constraints of category. You love to see it. Today’s guest is a great example of someone successfully writing for several different audiences at once.

Jenni L. Walsh spends her days knee deep in words in Philadelphia’s suburbia. Beyond words, Jenni is a mama (of an soulful six-year-old, an dinosaur-loving four-year-old, and two needy furbabies), a wife, a Philly and 'Nova sports fan. For the mamas, SIDE BY SIDE is the story of America’s most infamous crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde, told in the raw and honest voice of the woman who lived it, Bonnie Parker. In BECOMING BONNIE, a prequel set in the Roaring Twenties, a picture of Bonnie's earlier life, before and while she meets Clyde, is brought to life. For the kiddos, Jenni's debut middle grade books, SHE DARED, features true stories from women who, at a young age, accomplished daring feats of perseverance and bravery. Her next middle grade release is fiction, still untitled, and is inspired by a real-life resistance group, known as the White Rose. Publication is planned for early 2021. Jenni will also be contributing to the Girls Survive series with a book about the London Blitz during the Second World War. Look for that middle grade book in early 2021 as well.

For #read99women, Jenni recommends Jessica Strawser’s NOT THAT I COULD TELL. She puts it at the top of her must-read list because “I really connected with the characters and firmly believe that Strawser has an uncanny ability to make situations and lives that, though unfamiliar to my own, feel familiar and relatable. It's a skill that sucks me into a novel and takes me along for all the twists, turns, and page-turning surprises (which this novel most certainly has). I highly recommend!”

You can read the rest of Jenni’s rave review here.

And guess whose recommendation is running tomorrow? Tune in and find out!