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Jennifer "Jeffe" Kennedy
Personal Profile
My stats make me a fence-sitter:
Post-Baby-Boomer, Pre-Generation-X. I
saw the first episode of Sesame Street
when I was four, but live in a house
without television. I grew up in a city
in the West that is no longer considered
part of the real West. I lived in a state
where a square mile holds only one
person, only one person represented us to
Congress and everyone lived in a
one-horse town. I have the hat, the
boots, can ride and brand, but a
muscular DSL line is my usual steed,
carrying me to my virtual office as an
environmental consultant. I see with the
eye of a biologist and my blood runs
with dreams of Celtic poets.
Samples of work available at http://www.JeffeKennedy.com.
Education
University of Wyoming, 1994 Laramie, WY
Master of Science degree in Zoology and
Physiology, specializing in
Neuroscience. Thesis project involved
analysis of an unusual sensory
capability in the pallid bat.
Washington University, 1988 St. Louis,
MO
Bachelor of Arts degree from private,
liberal arts university, double-majored
in Biology and Comparative Religious
Studies.
Publications
Home Recycling. Going Green:
True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers,
and Dumpster Divers. Ed. Laura
Pritchett. University of Oklahoma Press:
Norman, 2009, 141-146.
Hemlock and Mistletoe. Puerto del
Sol. Winter 2009, 43(2).
Other Voices, Other Countries.
University of Wyoming Alum News.
February/March 2008. 57(3): 6+.
Pearl. Aeon Magazine. February 29, 2008,
13, http://aeonmagazine.com/aeonthirteen.html.
A High-Falutin’ Rootin’-Tootin’
Son-of-a-Gun from Arizona. University of
Wyoming Alum News. December 2007/January
2008, 57(2): 1+.
Good Neighbors, Open Spaces, Wyoming
Public Radio. October 2007.
Silence Everywhere, Open Spaces, Wyoming
Public Radio. October 2007.
Opening the Black Box. University of
Wyoming Alum News. September/October
2007, 57(1): 1+.
A Bone to Pick. University of Wyoming
Alum News. April/May 2007, 56(3): 1+.
Grooming Lessons, Shorts by Skirts,
presented at the University of Wyoming,
March 7-8, 2007.
Inheritances. Bombshells: War Stories
and Poems by Women on the Homefront.
Eds. Missy Martin and Jesse Loren. Omni
Arts, LLC. February 2007, pp. 121-130.
Skulls and Crossroads. University of
Wyoming Alum News. December 2006/January
2007, 56(2):1-2.
Starlight, Star Bright, First Globular
Cluster I See Tonight. University of
Wyoming Alum News. September/October
2006, 56(1): 1.
A Star is Born B or at Least Gets a Good
Job. University of Wyoming Alum News.
September/October 2006, 56(1): 1.
Wind and Wyoming: Making Coherence Out
of Turbulence. University of Wyoming
Alum News. March/April 2006, 55(3): 1.
Birdwoman. Matter. April 2005.
(6):153-159.
Feline to My Feminine. The Raven
Chronicles. September/October 2004.
11(2):38-41.
Mike and Ruth Massie. Ahead of Their
Time: Wyoming Voices for Wilderness.
Wyoming Wilderness Association, 2004,
pp. 156-160.
Wyoming Trucks, True Love and the
Weather Channel: A Woman=s Adventure.
University of New Mexico Press. March
2004.
Hopeful Monsters. Under the Sun. Summer
2003, 8(1):175-183.
Licking the Wind from My Lips. Hard
Ground III: Writing the Rockies.
Pronghorn Press, 2002, pp. 69-82.
Of Swallows, Snakes and Science. Dry
Ground: Writing the Desert Southwest.
Pronghorn Press, 2002, pp. 165-173.
The Remaking of Painted Creek. Dry
Ground: Writing the Desert Southwest.
Pronghorn Press, 2002, pp. 15-22.
Inheritances. Drive: Women=s True
Stories of the Open Road. Ed. Jennie
Goode. Avalon Publishing Group, March
2002, pp. 206-215.
The Wind in Wyoming. Mountain Living.
March/April, 2001. 7(2):80.
Bullets. Wyoming Wildlife. August, 2000.
Silence Everywhere. Flash!Point. Summer,
2000.
Ambushed by Love. Redbook, June, 2000.
110-112.
Inheritances. http://www.Blackhen.com.
May, 2000.
LoveCats. Owen Wister Review. 1999.
22(1):81-83.
Inheritances. North Carolina Literary
Review. 1998. 7:157-163.
Teacher Promotes Martial Arts for Life
and Health. The Laramie Daily Boomerang,
In Motion Feature Section, May 22, 1998,
pp. 2-3.
Wyoming Trucks, True Love and the
Weather Channel. Wyoming Magazine,
Winter 1997. 2(1):16-19.
The Art of Healing. Vista, April 1997.
2(3):1-7.
Awards
Obsidian. 2008 Maryland Romance Writers
Reveal Your Inner Vixen Contest.
Finalist. August 2008.
Obsidian. 2008 Central Ohio Fiction
Writers 15th Annual Ignite the Flame
Contest. First Place. August 2008.
Grooming Lessons. 2007 Wyoming Arts
Council Creative Writing Fellowship in
Poetry, August 2006.
Wyoming Arts Council Artists Roster,
2005 - present.
Of Swallows, Snakes and Science. 2005
Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award
for a woman writer of exceptional talent
in any creative writing genre. Wyoming
Arts Council. October 2004.
Licking the Wind from My Lips. Second
Place. Hard Ground III: Writing the
Rockies. Pronghorn Press, August 2002.
Of Swallows, Snakes and Science. First
Place. Dry Ground: Writing the Desert
Southwest. Pronghorn Press, May 2002.
Fleshly Disguises. Honorable Mention,
Writers Weekly Autumn 24-Hour Short
Story Contest 2001.
Ucross Foundation Resident. March, 2001.
Tumblewords Artists Roster. Wyoming Arts
Council, July, 2000 - 2005.
Hopeful Monsters. Honorable Mention,
Explorations 2000, June, 2000.
Hopeful Monsters. Honorable Mention, New
Millennium 20th Century Writing Prize,
June, 2000.
Silence Everywhere. Honorable Mention -
Short Story, Flash!Point, May, 2000.
Bullets. 2nd Place - Adult Nonfiction,
Wyoming Writers, May, 2000.
Feline to My Feminine. Honorable Mention
- 2000 Neltje Blanchan Memorial Award,
Wyoming Arts Council, July, 1999.
Inheritances. 2nd Place - Adult
Nonfiction, Wyoming Writers, May, 1997.
Invited Readings, Signings and
Workshops
Not Your Grandfather's Cowgirl: Wyoming
Women Rewrite the West, Laramie Lyceum,
University of Wyoming Business &
Technological Center, Laramie, WY, April
29, 2008.
Readings and Panel Discussions: a
celebration of contemporary women
writers, High Plains Literary Festival,
Billings, MT, October 19 & 20, 2007.
Author Visit from Three Wyoming Authors,
Writers Voice, Cheyenne, WY, October 18,
2007.
Readings and Panel Discussions: Women's
Spirituality and Empowerment in Western
Fiction and Memoir, Cheyenne Bookfest,
September 13-15, 2007.
Seeking Wyoming, Speaking Wyoming,
Everyday Joe's Coffeehouse, Ft. Collins,
CO, July 20, 2007.
Reading and Nonfiction panel, Graduate
Nonfiction Writing, University of
Wyoming, Laramie, WY, March 20, 2007.
Sponsored Readings, Equality State Book
Festival, Casper, WY, October 21, 2006.
Contemporary West Panel, Equality State
Book Festival, Casper, WY, October 21,
2006.
Poetry Fellowship Readings, Equality
State Book Festival, Casper, WY, October
20, 2006
Writings on the Road: Perspectives from
Wyoming Authors, Interstate Highway
Perspectives: An Evening Symposium
Cheyenne Depot Museum, June 20, 2006.
MFA Nonfiction Panel, University of
Wyoming, Laramie, WY, March 22, 2006.
Workshop, Writing Pivotal Memories -
Back by Popular Demand, Writers Voice,
Cheyenne, WY, January 17, 2006.
Presenter, Rocky Mountain Writers Day,
Cheyenne, WY, December 10, 2005.
Signing, Wyoming Trucks, True Love and
the Weather Channel, with Lori Van Pelt,
Chickering Bookstore, Laramie, WY,
December 10, 2005.
Reading and Signing, Wyoming Trucks,
True Love and the Weather Channel,
Borders Books and Music, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, December 7, 2005.
Women of the West Writers Panel, B
Dalton Bookseller, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, December 3, 2005.
Reading and Signing, Wyoming Trucks,
True Love and the Weather Channel,
Montana Book Company & Jackson's Place,
Helena, Montana, November 16, 2005.
Pivotal Memories workshop, Eastern
Wyoming College, Torrington, WY, October
18, 2005.
Pivotal Memories for All Ages Workshop,
Carbon County Library, Rawlins, WY,
September 26, 2005.
Reading, Artcore Music and Poetry
Series, Casper, WY, July 25, 2005.
Western Writers of America Booksigning,
Wyoming Trucks, True Love and the
Weather Channel, City Newsstand,
Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, WY,
July 23, 2005.
Reading, BirdWoman, Matter Journal
Release Party, Coal Creek Coffee,
Laramie, WY, April 22, 2005.
Signing, Wyoming Trucks, True Love and
the Weather Channel, The Book Store,
Inc., Des Moines, IA, April 6, 2005.
Workshop, Writing Pivotal Memories,
Journey Through Wyoming, Laramie, WY,
February 25, 2005.
Radio Interview and Reading, Speaking of
Writing, KOCA 93.5 FM, February 10,
2005.
Signing, Wyoming Trucks, True Love and
the Weather Channel, Sheridan Books,
Sheridan, WY, November 27, 2004.
Workshop, Writing Pivotal Memories,
Journey Through Wyoming, Laramie, WY,
November 12, 2004.
Signing, Wyoming Trucks, True Love and
the Weather Channel, University Wyoming
Bookstore, Homecoming Authors Event,
Laramie, WY, October 8, 2004.
Workshop, Writing Pivotal Memories,
Writers Voice, Cheyenne, WY, September
21, 2004.
Reading, Discussion and Signing,
Wordsworth Books, Cambridge, MA, August
19, 2004.
Reading and Panel Discussion, High
Plains Literary Festival, Billings, MT,
July 15, 2004.
Reading and Workshop, Wyoming Trucks,
True Love and the Weather Channel,
Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA,
March 21, 2004.
Signing, Wyoming Trucks, True Love and
the Weather Channel, Auntie=s Books,
Spokane, WA, March 20, 2004
Reading and Signing, Wyoming Trucks,
True Love and the Weather Channel,
Colorado Chapter of Modern Arnis,
Greeley, CO, March 6, 2004
Reading and Book Launch, Wyoming Trucks,
True Love and the Weather Channel,
Chickering Books, Laramie, WY, January
23, 2004
Reading: AUnveilings.@ Literary Lights
of Laramie Festival, Laramie, WY, April
5, 2003.
Reading and Book Signing, Drive: Women=s
True Stories of the Open Road, Barnes &
Noble, Denver, CO, June 20, 2002.
Reading and Book Signing, Drive: Women=s
True Stories of the Open Road, Chinook
Books, Colorado Springs, CO, June 19,
2002.
Reading and Book Signing, Drive: Women=s
True Stories of the Open Road,
Chickering Books, Laramie, WY, June 1,
2002.
Forming and Maintaining a Writers Group,
Panel, Wyoming Bookfest, October 27,
2001.
A Celebration of Young Authors Reading,
University of Wyoming, March 21, 2001.
Creative Writing, English 2040. Laramie
County Community College, Albany County
Campus. Spring Semester, 2001.
Reading and class discussion, Vicki
Lindner=s Magazine Writing course,
University of Wyoming, Laramie, April
11, 2000
Reading at AA Feast for the Senses,@
Laramie, WY, February 12, 2000
Reading and workshop, The Wyoming
Writing Project, Laramie, WY, July,
1999.
Reading and 4-day workshop, Laramie Lab
School, Laramie, WY, December, 1998.
Additional Activities
Romance Writers of America
Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Chapter
of RWA
Zonta International & Laramie Zonta Club
University Womens Club
Speaking of Writing, local radio
broadcast
Wyoming Arts Council Literature Panel
Women Writing the West
Western Writers of America
Writers Summit Planning Committee
Association for Women in Science
Laramie Panhellenic Alumnae Association
Personal Information
Forty-two years old, living in sin with
boyfriend of seventeen years, hobbies
include gardening, quilting, baking,
reading, and Irish harp.
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