She is the author/co-author of 21 books, including four cookbooks and four guidebooks.

Also an award-winning creative writer and educator, she holds two MFA degrees in creative writing.

She holds two MFA degrees in creative writing and worked in the hospitality industry for a decade.

Jen Karetnick

She weaves her creative writing education and hospitality background into everything she pens.

She has written 21 books, including four cookbooks and four guidebooks.

One of her co-authored cookbooks, Raw Food/Real World, is featured in the Netflix documentary Bad Vegan.

In addition to writing, Jen develops recipes and tests appliances.

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