Jennifer Baker
Author. Editor. Advocate. Podcaster.
Writer and longtime publishing professional telling stories that center the people too often left out of them.
Hi, I'm Jenn
I've spent more than twenty years working with words — writing my own, shaping other people's, and making room for voices that publishing has historically overlooked. I'm the author of the young adult novel Forgive Me Not, the editor behind dozens of books you'll find on shelves today, and the host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast. Whether you're a reader, a writer finding your footing, or someone curious about how books get made, I'm glad you're here.
Writing
My novel, anthology, and the books I've shaped as an editor across two decades in publishing.
Blog
Notes, reflections, and resources on writing, reading, and life in publishing.
Notes, reflections, and resources on writing, reading, and life in publishing.
Podcast
Minorities in Publishing — monthly conversations on the realities of the industry, hosted since 2014.
Events
— The NovelForgive Me Not
One night. One bad decision. And a family left to decide what forgiveness is worth.
After a drunk-driving accident kills her little sister, fifteen-year-old Violetta Chen-Samuels is incarcerated — and in this near-future world, her fate rests in the hands of the family she's wronged. Told in the alternating voices of Violetta and her brother Vince, Forgive Me Not is a searing look at the juvenile justice system and a tender reckoning with grief, punishment, and mercy.
"Brilliant, bold, and deeply moving." —Renée Watson, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist · NYPL Best Books for Teens · BCALA Best of the Best · TAYSHAS Reading List
