Jennifer Ann Richter

Jennifer Ann Richter’s varied interests and endless curiosity have taken her from Philadelphia to Frankfurt and has led to careers in the U.S. Foreign Service, secondary education, finance, editing, audio description for television, and copywriting. Throughout all the changes in locales and jobs, writing was one constant. The other was her husband, whom she met in Germany while on her first tour as a foreign service officer.

Jennifer’s poetry, short stories, and novels draw heavily from her many interests and hobbies—with a particular focus on birding and astronomy. She’s passionate about expanding young people’s horizons and imaginations as well as promoting racial harmony over division. Her works for children have appeared in Fun for Kidz, Shine Brightly, Balloons Lit. Journal, Cricket, and Spaceports & Spidersilk. Her space-themed YA short story, “Partings,” won Honorable Mention in the 2020 Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition.

Now a resident of Northern Virginia (via a seven-year sojourn in Florida), Jennifer writes in a small upper-floor room overlooking her bird feeders. She also enjoys hiking, crocheting, and following the latest news from NASA.

Jennifer’s debut middle-grade novel, Bird Nerd, is set for publication by Holiday House in the Fall of 2024.