Novelist, Playwright, Lyricist
Jenna Christine, a Colorado native and current New York resident, can always be found with a pencil in her hand or her nose in a book.
Whether writing musicals, essays, or fiction, she is always trying ideas on for size and stretching the bounds of her imagination. Above all else, Jenna Christine is a story-teller, dedicated to creating art that heals.
She holds a BA in English/Creative Writing from CU Boulder and an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch.
Fiction
Penelope on Paper
An 89,000 word Upmarket Women’s Fiction novel about sisterhood, love, and the importance of the stories we tell ourselves and each other.
Penelope Adams reluctantly enters a romance-writing competition with her sister’s fiancé, forcing her to reckon with her past and take ownership of her voice.
Currently seeking representation.
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For twenty-five-year-old Penelope Adams, a good day begins and ends with a glass of liquor, the long hours between filled with mind-numbing carpet-cleaning—anything to keep her from thinking about the life she’d almost had. But all that changes when she loses her job and discovers her sister Ruby is engaged to Raymond Longbourn, the very man who brought her life to shambles. In a fit of desperation (or inspiration?), she agrees to enter a team-romance-writing competition with him, in hopes of appeasing her sister and winning the much-needed cash prize. But when she suspects one of the judges is none other than she and Ray’s old Creative Writing professor, the world-renowned author Benjamin Charleston, she must confront years of buried trauma in order to discover her voice, take authorship of her life, and accept the love she deserves.
Back Again
A Speculative Romance novel in development about love, loss, and zombies.
Miracle Ramirez’s re-release party for her world-famous memoir—My Perfect Marriage—is only ten days away. Which wouldn’t be a problem, except that the zombie apocalypse just started, her husband wants a divorce, and, damn it, she still needs to write the epilogue.
Musicals
STRINGS
Book and lyrics by Jenna Christine, Music by Stefanos Kemanetzis
In a regime where all expressions of non-nationalistic cultural identity are considered a capital offense, an orphan seeking revenge and a rebellious president’s daughter form an unlikely alliance. Armed only with a dead “culture-traitor’s” violin and a network of underground rebels, they attempt to spark a revolution through the very songs the government tried to erase.