Jen Naumann

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Jen Naumann grew up in southern Minnesota as an addict of such flicks as Indiana Jones and The Goonies until she discovered John Hughes, and spent her high school days locked away writing love stories with a sci-fi twist. Married to a farmer in southern Minnesota, she tries to follow the madness of her four active children while balancing an imagination that never shuts down.

As the author of CHEATING DEATH, SHYMERS, AND PARANORMAL KEEPERS, she writes stories with strong female leads who have a good sense of humor and tend to fall in love despite their better judgment. Also writing steamy adult romance under pen name Jennifer Ann (http://www.goodreads.com/authorjennif...). For more on Jen visit her website www.JenNaumann.net.
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Average rating: 3.82 · 618 ratings · 157 reviews · 9 distinct works
What I've Done

3.68 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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Shymers (Shymers, #1)

3.70 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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The Day Zombies Ruined My P...

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Paranormal Keepers (Paranor...

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Cheating Death

3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Mind Static

4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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The Time Zombies Became the...

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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016
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Rebels (Shymers, #2)

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Cover Reveal: Kendare Blake's MORTAL GODS

Here it is! Awesome, right?

If you follow my blog, you already know I'm a pretty big fan of Kendare Blake's work (it doesn't hurt that she's originally from Minnesota but was smart enough to move somewhere warmer). I recently reviewed her newest release Antigoddess , and just received word that she's revealing the cover for the second book in the series, Mortal Gods. Of course when she offere Read more of this blog post »
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“As I was escorted outside by the officers, my friends looked back at me with blank expressions. I don’t think they knew what to say to me. I had lied to them about my home life. They had always been there for me and probably would have understood if I had told them the truth from the start, but it was too late. All the lies I had told them about having a perfect family had been shattered by that one incident.”
Jen Naumann, What I've Done

“You know that feeling when everyone around you is happy and you feel like you're standing back to watch them from afar? Like you're in this crappy little theatre all by yourself, watching the lives of other people who are totally fabulous? Yeah, that's me.”
Jen Naumann, Cheating Death

“All my life I thought love was supposed to be this amazing, wonderful feeling. I thought it was supposed to heal all wounds and conquer all. No one ever told me that it can leave a giant hole in your heart. No one ever mentioned that it could steal all the life away from you.”
Jen Naumann, Cheating Death

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Rachel Hi Jen! Thanks for accepting my friend request. My name is Rachel (Elle) Hinkley and I'm from NY USA. I enjoy YA lit and hope to read some of your books soon. My blog on YA lit is found HERE- http://ya411.blogspot.com/ . I look forward to speaking with you. :)


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Jen Joana wrote: "Such a beautiful profile photo Jen, I loved it!"

Thank you so much! I'm the photographer who really hates pictures of myself, so they are often changing...


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Joana Such a beautiful profile photo Jen, I loved it!


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Jen Joana wrote: "Hi Jen, Nice to meet you. You are my first author-friend! I'm so excited about that!

Feel free to make any kind of comment. After all, we are here in Goodread, to meet people and discuss about thi..."


Nice to meet you, too. You are my first friend from Brazil, I am way excited about that - have always wanted to visit! Looking forward to discussing books with you. :)


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Joana Hi Jen, Nice to meet you. You are my first author-friend! I'm so excited about that!

Feel free to make any kind of comment. After all, we are here in Goodread, to meet people and discuss about this literary universe that we love so much.

Thanks for the friendship...


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