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Jessica Keener

Biography

Jessica Keener is a fiction editor at Agni magazine. Her work has been listed in the Pushcart Prize anthology under ‘100 outstanding writers,’ and published in literary journals as well as online sites including The Huffington Post, iVillage and DearReader.com. Recent stories have appeared in Wilderness House Literary Review, MiPOesias, Eclectica and forthcoming in Night Train. A recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council Individual Artist award, in 2001 she co-wrote Time to Make the Donuts with the founder of Dunkin’ Donuts. For her day job, she freelances for The Boston Globe and other national magazines including Oprah and New England Home. She is currently writing a novel set in Budapest, Hungary.

Upcoming Works

Relationship

  • Married to a wonderful man from Georgia

Family

  • One teenager,a cat and two degus--little animals from Chile that look like happy mice only they're bigger.

Causes I Support

  • Green living, organizations that protect against animal cruelty, slow foods, Aplastic Anemia foundation

University Affiliation

  • Agni Magazine at Boston University

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