Jenni Wiltz
Jenni Wiltz writes fiction and creative nonfiction. She's won national writing awards for creative nonfiction and romantic suspense, including the 2011 Romance Writers of America Kiss of Death Chapter's Daphne du Maurier Award. She has published five novels (thriller, mystery, dark fantasy, literary, and romance). Her short fiction .... more
Jenni Wiltz writes fiction and creative nonfiction. She's won national writing awards for creative nonfiction and romantic suspense, including the 2011 Romance Writers of America Kiss of Death Chapter's Daphne du Maurier Award. She has published five novels (thriller, mystery, dark fantasy, literary, and romance). Her short fiction has appeared in The Portland Review, Gargoyle, the Sacramento News & Review, and several small-press anthologies.
She holds bachelor's degrees in English and history from UC Davis, and a master's in creative writing from Sacramento State. She's worked as a web editor, a copywriter, and a USAID grant program coordinator, which gave her the opportunity to travel to Kenya. When she's not writing, she enjoys sewing, running, and genealogical research. She lives in Pilot Hill, California and has not yet struck gold in her backyard.