Biography of Jennifer Lynn Barnes (a.k.a.: Jennifer Barnes)

Jennifer Lynn Barnes is an American writer of young adult novels. Barnes wrote her first novel at age nineteen and sold five book while completing university. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She graduated from high school in 2002, then attended Yale University, where she studied cognitive science. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the university in 2006 and a Ph. D. in 2012.

After receiving her Ph. D. from Yale University, she conducted autism research at the University of Cambridge. She now serves as an Associate Professor of both Psychology and Professional Writing at the University of Oklahoma. In 2019, she received the university's Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Presidential Professorship.

Full name: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Born: July 30, 1985

Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA