Jenny grew up in Maine, where she worked as a dishwasher, nanny and raspberry farmer. After studying anthropology at The University of Chicago, she trained as an actor at Steppenwolf. She's worked as a college counselor at private schools, and for families on six continents (there are NDAs, so she can't tell you much).

Her plays have been developed and/or produced at the O'Neill, Ars Nova, Asolo Rep, Chance Theater, ACT (Seattle), Palm Beach Dramaworks and through NNPN. She has developed film and tv projects for SONY, Disney and Amazon, and works for the multi-emmy-winning Baobab Studios, developing stories across VR, tv, film, graphic novels, games and traditional novels. She is the Playwright in Residence and Literary Manager at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, an ensemble member with the Gift Theatre in Chicago, and a regular trouble-maker at Chance Theatre in Orange County.

Jenny currently lives in Texas, where she frequently finds scorpions in the dishwasher and fights to keep books on the shelves of her local library. She makes an excellent pillow fort. Storm Season is her debut novel.