Jennifer Claessen

Jennifer Claessen is the author of Netta Becker and the Timeline Crime (Fox and Ink, 2025), the first of a trilogy following her favourite heroines from Ancient Greece.

Her debut novel, The October Witches, was released by Fox and Ink the UK in 2022, Simon Kids US in 2023 and is the first book of the ‘A Month of Magic’ trilogy, contemporary retellings of Arthurian legend.

Jennifer is Writer in Residence and Patron of Reading in a variety of wonderful places including a cemetery, a library and behind a monster shop where she works with 8–12 year-olds to tell their own stories. She also teaches creative writing to slightly more grown-up writers at City Lit and artsdepot theatre. She lives in Walthamstow with her partner, two small sprites/children, thousands of books and a very rusty yellow bike.