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Jen Estes

Born: 1983 in Champaign, IL
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: I was born in Champaign, Illinois and raised in Neoga, Illinois. I went to college in Edwardsville, Illinois. I have lived in Mattoon, Peoria, Litchfield and currently reside in Hillsboro, Illinois.

Biography: Jen Estes is the author of the Cat McDaniel Mystery Series and the forthcoming Fifteen (The Dreamwalker Diaries). Born and raised in the Midwest, Jen had to choose between detassling corn or reading books. Corn husks just didn't have the appeal of the Baby-Sitters Club and so a reader was born. Reading later turned into writing and in 2011, Jen published her first novel. After releasing four books in the mystery genre, Jen decided to give in to the literary demands of her inner teenager. FIFTEEN is her YA debut. Jen lives in Illinois with her husband Nathan under the tyranny of their three cats: Wrigley, Ivy and Captain Moo. When she isn't writing, Jen enjoys sci-fi in all its mediums, attempting yoga, using her passport, watching baseball, and reading a good book. You can find Jen on the web at www.jenestes.com, on Tumblr as AuthorJenEstes and tweeting under @jenestesdotcom.


Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction; Mystery; Science Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Young adult readers

Email: contact@jenestes.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jen-Estes/222133257827836
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenestesdotcom
Website: http://www.jenestes.com
Jen Estes on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=jen+estes


Selected Titles

  Big leagues
ISBN: 9781603818711 OCLC: 887270407

Big leagues :
ISBN: 1603818707 OCLC: 767884222

Camel Press, Seattle, WA : ©2012.

Rookie sportswriter Cat McDaniel is on deck in Sin City for the job of a lifetime with baseball's hottest team. The Las Vegas Chips have the best record in baseball, snagging two trophies in their first three years. As the team's junior reporter, Dusty Carlyle was on-deck for Cat's position. Now he's desperate to get her out of the lineup. Save for the scheming coworker, Cat has everything she ever wanted ... until a star outfielder's heart stops. Suspecting that his death was no accident, Cat starts nosing around, becoming the newest player in an extreme game of hardball.

  Brushback :
ISBN: 1484841999 OCLC: 855209947

[publisher not identified], [United States] : ©2013.

Sportswriter sleuth Cat McDaniel goes back to the minors to help her former team exonerate its star player, arrested for the death of a baseball groupie.

  Curveball
ISBN: 9781603818957 OCLC: 836260403

  Double play :
ISBN: 9781603819411 OCLC: 837573763

Camel Press, Seattle, WA : ©2013.

 

 

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