JENNIFER SMITH TURNER is an award-winning author. Her debut novel “Child Bride” won several literary awards including Best E-book for 2020 by the Black Caucus of the 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.” She is working on a sequel to Child Bride and a third poetry collection. She has conducted online writing workshops for Storycircle Network and run poetry workshops for high school students in MA and CT. Jennifer has written several book reviews for the Martha’s Vineyard Times, and an article about the renaissance of Black art on Martha’s Vineyard for the Arts and Ideas magazine. theauthorjennifer.wordpress.com
