JENNIFER SMITH TURNER is an awardwinning author. Her debut novel, Child Bride, won several literary awards, including Best E-Book for 2020 by the Black Caucus American Library Association and BiblioBoard, and 2020 winner of the Sarton Women’s Book Award. She is the author of two poetry books, Lost and Found: Rhyming Verse Honoring African American Heroes and Perennial Secrets: Poetry & Prose. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications including The MV Times and Vineyard Gazette. She is working on a sequel to Child Bride, and a third poetry collection. Jennifer has written several book reviews for The Martha’s Vineyard Times, and a recent article about the renaissance of Black art on Martha’s Vineyard for the M.V. Arts & Ideas magazine. theauthorjennifer.wordpress.com
