Jennifer Claessen
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, contemporary retellings of Arthurian legend. The ‘Netta Becker’ trilogy is forthcoming in 2025.
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 own stories. She also teaches creative writing to slightly more grown-up writers at City Lit and artsdepot theatre.
Jennifer studied literature and theatre at a few universities and most recently programmed ‘Write for Joy’, an inclusive literary festival for Waltham Forest and was shortlisted in the Polka Playwriting Prize. She currently lives in Walthamstow with her partner, two young daughters, thousands of books and a very rusty yellow bike.
