Background
Jennifer Crusie was born on September 17, 1949, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States, to Jack Eldon and JoAnn Katherine Smith.
Bowling Green, OH 43403, United States
In 1973, Jennifer received a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, United States
Jennifer received a Master of Arts in Feminist Criticism from Wright State University in 1986.
Columbus, OH 43210, United States
Jennifer received a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from the Ohio State University in 1996.
(A bride-to-be falls in love-with another man-in this hear...)
A bride-to-be falls in love-with another man-in this heartfelt novel that perfectly captures the tender beginnings of love in bloom Winnifred Gardner, engaged to be married in only three short months, is provided a dress rehearsal of sorts when she is asked to be the maid of honor at her best friend's wedding. Winnifred loves her fiancé, Paul, so why is she so attracted to Joseph Duggan, the best man? When Paul leaves the wedding reception early, Winn is left to dance with Joseph, and the attraction between the two is undeniable. As Paul spends more and more time at work rather than with Winn, he doesn't even notice when she begins to question their relationship. Winn is left to deal with the fact that she wants to get married--but to Joseph, not Paul.
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1991
(High school physics teacher Lucy Savage is finally gettin...)
High school physics teacher Lucy Savage is finally getting rid of Bradley - and his hideous green recliner. In fact, her front lawn is littered with her cheating ex-husband’s belongings. Because despite standing her up in divorce court, Bradley is out of her life for good. Or so she thinks. When her sister takes her to lunch to celebrate Lucy’s single status, all their talk of a no-good louse named Bradley catches the attention of a cop - who wants to arrest the very same Bradley for embezzlement. And Officer Zach Warren figures the lovely Lucy can lead him straight to his target. When someone shoots at Lucy and then blows up her car, Zach insists she needs twenty-four-hour protection. What does he think her three dogs and attack cat are for? Still, he insists on moving right in to Lucy’s house... Now there’s danger lurking outside and in her own kitchen, bathroom - and bedroom. Or maybe Zach, who looks like a bad boy with that shaggy dark hair and black leather jacket, is really one of the good guys, and just what Lucy needs.
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1994
(Business takes a backseat when successful ad executive Em...)
Business takes a backseat when successful ad executive Emily Tate meets Richard Parker. He’s an accountant who’s been sent to keep her in line and under budget in her ad campaign for a sensual new perfume called Sizzle. And if Emily’s not careful, she just might melt in Richard’s hands.
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1994
(Mitch Peabody was learning pretty fast that the life of a...)
Mitch Peabody was learning pretty fast that the life of a private detective was nothing like the movies. He'd envisioned a world of tough-talking detectives and smart-mouthed, stunning dames. Instead he saw case after case of cheating husbands, suspicious wives and unsuspecting mistresses…until she walked through the door.
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1995
(Dumped by her boyfriend and demoted from WBBB's prime-tim...)
Dumped by her boyfriend and demoted from WBBB's prime-time spot, radio producer Allie McGuffey has nowhere to go but up. She plans to make her comeback by turning temporary DJ Charlie Tenniel into a household name. And if he's willing to help cure her breakup blues with a rebound fling, that's an added bonus.
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1996
(Dennie Banks is an investigative reporter chasing down th...)
Dennie Banks is an investigative reporter chasing down the biggest story of her career. Alec Prentice is a government agent working undercover to catch an elusive grifter. When they meet by accident, it’s a case of mistaken identities at first sight. What they don’t mistake is the instant attraction they have for each other, an attraction they’ll do everything in their power to resist—because Dennie thinks that Alec is running interference for her interview subject, and Alec suspects that Dennie is linked to his swindler. As the confusion grows, so do their feelings for each other, and what begins as a romantic comedy of errors may just end in the love affair of a lifetime.
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1997
(Quinn McKenzie is dating the world's nicest guy, she has ...)
Quinn McKenzie is dating the world's nicest guy, she has a good job as a high school art teacher, she's surrounded by family and friends who rely on her, and she's bored to the point of insanity. But when Quinn decides to change her life by adopting a stray dog over everyone's objections, everything begins to spiral out of control.
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1999
(Sophie Dempsey wants to help her sister film a video and ...)
Sophie Dempsey wants to help her sister film a video and then get out of Temptation, Ohio. Mayor Phin Tucker wants to play pool with the police chief and keep things peaceful. But when Sophie and Phin meet, they both get more than they want. Gossip, blackmail, adultery, murder, vehicular abuse of a corpse, and slightly perverse but excellent sex: all hell breaks loose in Temptation as Sophie and Phin fall deeper and deeper in trouble... and in love.
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2000
(New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer ...)
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Crusie returns with her most hilarious, sizzling novel yet Nell Dysart's in trouble. Her divorce is 18 months old, she's been sleepwalking through life, and the best job she can get is with a detective agency that specializes in relationship work. Determined to turn her life around, Nell flings herself into making McKenna Investigations a better place. On day one, she uncovers an embezzler. On day two, she turns up bribery. On day three, she has sex with the wrong man. On day four, she steals a dog. On day five, her boss tries to fire her. And fails miserably. Because even Gabe McKenna has to admit that no matter how much he hates the confusion she's brought into his life, Nell shares his passion for making things right. It's not long before they share another passion, one they can't ignore - even in the face of distractions like adultery, blackmail, arson, murder, and really bad business cards.
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2001
(Meet the Goodnights, a respectable family who run a respe...)
Meet the Goodnights, a respectable family who run a respectable art gallery-and have for generations. There's Gwen, the matriarch who likes to escape reality, Eve the oldest daughter who has a slight identity problem (she has two), Nadine, the granddaughter who's ready to follow in the family footsteps as soon as she can find a set that isn't leading off a cliff. And lastly, Matilda, the youngest daughter, has inherited the secret locked down in the basement of the Goodnight Gallery, the secret she's willing to do almost anything to keep, even break into a house in the dead of night to steal back her past.
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2003
(Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy ta...)
Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet, even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs, even if she does wear great shoes and keep him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again.
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2004
(New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie teams u...)
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie teams up with USA Today bestselling author Bob Mayer to write a sizzling, high-octane romantic adventure about a straight-talking woman and a straight-shooting man… Lucy Armstrong is a director of television commercials who's just been recruited to finish a four-day action movie shoot. But she arrives on the set to discover that the directing staff has quit, the make-up artist is suicidal, the stars are egomaniacs, the stunt director is her ex-husband, and the lead actor has just acquired as an advisor a Green Beret who has the aggravating habit of always being right.
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2006
(Kate Svenson is attractive, successful, a brilliant busin...)
Kate Svenson is attractive, successful, a brilliant businesswoman - and miserable. After three failed engagements, she realizes it's time for a PLAN...an organized, detailed agenda with a clear goal: finding Mr. Right. The Cabins resort is ripe with eligible bachelors, all rich, distinguished and ambitious - just her type. And they're dropping like flies around her...at least, that's how Jake Templeton views the situation. After he's stuck pulling her latest reject out of the swimming pool, Jake's convinced this femme fatale is trouble. Especially for him. But can a man who's sworn off ambition for good and a woman hanging from the top of the corporate ladder find common ground in the unpredictable territory called the heart, where the word proposal takes on a very different meaning?
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2007
(Agnes Crandall's life goes awry when a dognapper invades ...)
Agnes Crandall's life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that she's staked her entire net worth on. Then a hero climbs through her bedroom window. His name is Shane, no last name, just Shane, and he has his own problems: he's got a big hit scheduled, a rival trying to take him out, and an ex-mobster uncle asking him to protect some little kid named Agnes.
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2007
(When she was sixteen, Dee Fortune kidnapped her two young...)
When she was sixteen, Dee Fortune kidnapped her two younger sisters and ran from danger. Now twenty-nine, she's still trying to control her shape-shifting power—no easy task when Danny James shows up one Friday morning with his deadly smile and dangerous questions about the past.
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2007
(Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her plac...)
Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She's reluctantly inherited her grandmother's coffee shop, but it's not long before she's brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor.
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2009
(Andie Miller is ready to move on in life. She wants to ma...)
Andie Miller is ready to move on in life. She wants to marry her fiancé and leave behind everything in her past, especially her ex-husband, North Archer. But when Andie tries to gain closure with him, he asks one final favor of her before they go their separate ways forever. A very distant cousin of his has died and left North as the guardian of two orphans who have driven out three nannies already, and things are getting worse. He needs a very special person to take care of the situation and he knows Andie can handle anything.
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2010
(Mary Alice Brannigan doesn't believe in the supernatural....)
Mary Alice Brannigan doesn't believe in the supernatural. Nor does she expect to find that Dreamland, the decaying amusement park she's been hired to restore, is a prison for the five Untouchables, the most powerful demons in the history of the world. Plus, there's a guy she's falling hard for, and there's something about him that's not quite right.
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2010
(Daisy Flattery is a free spirit with a soft spot for stra...)
Daisy Flattery is a free spirit with a soft spot for strays and a weakness for a good story. Why else would she agree to the outrageous charade offered by her buttoned-down workaholic neighbor, Linc Blaise? The history professor needs a makeshift fiancée to secure his dream job, and Daisy needs a short-term gig to support her painting career. And so the Cinderella Deal is born: Daisy will transform herself into Linc’s prim-and-proper fiancée, and at the stroke of midnight they will part ways, no glass slippers attached. But something funny happens on their way to make-believe bliss, as a fake engagement unexpectedly spirals into an actual wedding. Now, with Linc and Daisy married and under one roof, what started as a game begins to feel real—and the people who seem so wrong for each other realize they may truly be just right.
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2011
(For fans of Jenny Crusie, of witty and warm writing, and ...)
For fans of Jenny Crusie, of witty and warm writing, and of contemporary fiction, this collection of short stories was the genesis for one of Crusie's most beloved novels, Crazy for You. The stories focus on three women, Quinn, Darla, and Stephanie, and their mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends. Originally written for Crusie's MFA in Fiction, they've been updated, edited, and packaged as a special collection for any reader who loves to laugh out loud.
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2012
Jennifer Crusie was born on September 17, 1949, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States, to Jack Eldon and JoAnn Katherine Smith.
In 1973, Jennifer received a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She also received a Master of Arts in Feminist Criticism from Wright State University in 1986, and a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from the Ohio State University in 1996.
Crusie began her career as a teacher, she began with pre-school, then went to elementary and junior high art, then high school English, and finally English courses for the undergraduates in college. These included 15 years in Beavercreek public school system in Ohio. The subjects which she taught were literature, art, mythology, college composition, Bible in literature, American and British literature and creative writing. She also spent time directing the costumes and sets for the drama department of the high school. She has also taught in several universities such as Wright State University, Antioch University, McDaniel college and Ohio State University.
During the first three years of her writing career, Crusie’s novels were published as category romances which are under the Silhouette, Bantam Loveswept lines and Harlequin. Crusie signed a deal with St. Martin’s Press in 1995, and started writing single title novels, where her debut novel was Tell Me Lies. Changing to longer and non-category novels was a simple task for her. She has had a long partnership with Jennifer Enderlin, her editor, which has enabled her to explore numerous variety of story-telling aspect. Enderlin and SMP's skill in publishing has made her work bestseller in the USA Today, New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Jennifer’s other great novels during that time included the Crazy People, Hot Toy, Bet Me, and Crazy For You.
In September 2004, Crusie met adventure novelist Bob Mayer at the Maui Writers Conference. By the end of the conference, they had become friends and begun the outline for a novel. Within a year, they had finished the manuscript of the novel Don't Look Down, collaborating primarily via email. In August 2007, their second collaborative novel, Agnes and the Hitman, was released and made the New York Times bestseller list. They again partnered up for March 2010's release of Wild Ride. Because she learned so much from the collaboration with Mayer, in 2007, she collaborated with Eileen Dreyer and Anne Stuart on The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, and then in 2009, she collaborated again on Dogs and Goddesses this time with Anne Stuart and Lani Diane Rich.
In 2010, after 20 crowd pleasers and award winners including five collaborations, Crusie published her first solo in six years, Maybe This Time. She's also working on a non-fiction guide to writing women's fiction.
(New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie teams u...)
2006(A bride-to-be falls in love-with another man-in this hear...)
1991(Quinn McKenzie is dating the world's nicest guy, she has ...)
1999(For fans of Jenny Crusie, of witty and warm writing, and ...)
2012(Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy ta...)
2004(Agnes Crandall's life goes awry when a dognapper invades ...)
2007(New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer ...)
2001(Dumped by her boyfriend and demoted from WBBB's prime-tim...)
1996(High school physics teacher Lucy Savage is finally gettin...)
1994(Mitch Peabody was learning pretty fast that the life of a...)
1995(Meet the Goodnights, a respectable family who run a respe...)
2003(Daisy Flattery is a free spirit with a soft spot for stra...)
2011(Sophie Dempsey wants to help her sister film a video and ...)
2000(When she was sixteen, Dee Fortune kidnapped her two young...)
2007(Dennie Banks is an investigative reporter chasing down th...)
1997(Business takes a backseat when successful ad executive Em...)
1994(Kate Svenson is attractive, successful, a brilliant busin...)
2007(Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her plac...)
2009(Mary Alice Brannigan doesn't believe in the supernatural....)
2010(Andie Miller is ready to move on in life. She wants to ma...)
2010Jennifer Crusie is a member of the Author's Guild, and Romance Writers of America.
Jennifer Smith took her grandmother’s name, Jennifer Crusie, for the pseudonym she has used for all of her books.
Crusie married in 1971, and followed her Air Force husband to Wichita Falls, Texas. He was soon transferred to Dayton, Ohio, and they have since divorced. They have one daughter, Mollie, who manages her mother's business dealings through Crusie's Argh Ink LLC.