Her second novel, A Northern light is what propelled her into the limelight, marking her out as one of the best historical fiction writers to watch. These novels follow the fictional Finnegan family in its adventures in London during the Jack the Ripper days, to the fomenting of World War I in 1918 New York. She would also publish the first of the Tea Rose series in 2002.
Upon her return to the United States she moved to Brooklyn in New York and began working on her first work, a picture book titled Humble Pie in consort with Stephen Gammell a renowned veteran illustrator. She currently lives in Hudson Valley, New York with her two rescue dogs, her daughter, and husband. She would later move to England, where she attended Birkbeck College, University of London. Donnelly grew up in Westchester and Lewis counties in New York State before attending the University of Rochester majoring in European History and English Literature. Her paternal grandparents had first settled in the Adirondack County, which is the setting for her debut novel. Jennifer was born in Port Chester in New York State, to parents of Irish heritage. She has also written a variety of other single standing novels such as the highly popular A Northern Light and a children’s picture book. Jennifer Donnelly is an American author of young adult epic historical fiction, most known for the Tea Rose and Waterfire Saga series of novels.
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