Jennifer Lorene Ritenour was born, raised, and presently resides in San Pedro, California. She also lived in Las Vegas, Nevada at one point in time.
She is a 2022 Scriptwriters Network Television Outreach Program (TOP) Winner for her TV Comedy Pilot Script Heathens.
Her dirty fabulist fiction writing is informed by place and has appeared in Witness, Waxwing, and recently in Corvid Queen, among other places. She is a scholarship recipient and graduate of the Napa Valley and Olympic Valley writers’ workshops. She is currently seeking representation for her YA crossover novel.