Jennifer Claessen is an author and theatre-maker. She was born in Reading so, of course, grew up a book worm.

Her debut novel, The October Witches, was released by UCLan Publishing in the UK in 2022, Simon Kids US in 2023 and is the first book of the ‘A Month of Magic’ trilogy.

Jennifer is Writer in Residence at Mayfair Library and Human in Residence at Ministry of Stories where she works with 8–12 year-olds to tell their stories. She currently leads artsdepot’s ‘Creative Circle’ for older adults.

Jennifer studied literature and theatre at a few universities and has PGCE and a decade of experience teaching all ages, particularly in theatres and non-mainstream education settings.

When not writing, Jenny cycles around on a very rusty yellow bike, eats a lot of ice cream and raises two semi-feral toddlers.