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Jennifer Lynn Armentrout is an American author of a variety of genres, including romance, fantasy, paranormal and science fiction. Her work can also be found with the pseudonym J. Lynn. She has received awards for her writing, including a #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestseller. She was born in West Virginia, and lives there to this day.

Personal Life
Armentrout was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, also called RP, in 2015. She has become passionate about teaching readers about it by being representative and spreading awareness. She also enjoys being a source of support for her readers that share the same disorder.

As of 2020, Armentrout lives with her husband, her dog Apollo, and her alpacas on a farm in West Virginia.

During the creative process, she likes to alternate between typing and handwriting so that she doesn't experience any writer's block.

Early Life
Jennifer L. Armentrout was born on June 11 in West Virginia. When she was reading works by L.J. Smith, who is behind the The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle Series, The Forbidden Games Series, and more, Armentrout realized that she wanted to be an author, too. The book series that stuck with Armentrout the most was The Forbidden Game due to the final novel making her cry. After finishing the series in tears, she decided she wanted to leave the same impact on her future readers.

Her first experience with writing an actual novel was in high school during algebra class. Despite her desire to be an author, she went to college and was a psychology major.

Career
Despite receiving a great deal of rejections before her career began, Armentrout's first book was published in 2011. As of September 2019, she had fifty-three of her fifty-seven total written works published. The majority of her published works for young adults are romance, fantasy and paranormal, and some contemporary and science fiction. With her pseudonym J. Lynn, she writes suspenseful romance novels for her adult readers. She likes writing stories for both age groups to prevent writer burnout.

In 2015, Armentrout's colleague suggested that she do a book signing for the first release in her Titan series. She was opposed to doing a lonely and awkward book signing, so she asked authors to come join her in the daylong event. After this, Armentrout created ApollyCon, which rapidly became a new way for authors and readers to come together in celebration of recently released books. The convention's success continues to grow with each event.

Throughout her career, Armentrout continues to reach success. She is a #1 New York Times  and a USA Today Best Seller. She has published books independently and with publishing companies, earning the title of being a "hybrid" author.