![]() ![]() Even as she was working for Penguin Books, she always had her stories percolating in her mind. During her high school and college years, she penned a lot of bad poetry and short fiction though her heart was always in children’s and young adult fiction. Rothenberg has always been a storyteller right from when she was a little girl, particularly when Mermaid and Unicorn were not viable options. ![]() She currently writes full time from her home in New York and when she is not writing she loves to engage in interpretive dance and dream of adopting a sheepdog. At Penguin, she spent much of her time editing middle grade and teen fiction novels such as “I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil,” “Strange Angels,” “Vampire Academy,” and “I Want to be Your Class President” among others. ![]() She then got a job with Penguin Books as an editor between 20, before she quit to become an author and freelancer. ![]() Jess Rothenberg is a literary fiction author from South Carolina that is best known for her 2020 novel “The Kingdom.” She grew up in Charleson and went to Vassar College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and English. ![]()
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