Jennifer Belle

Jennifer Belle (born 1968) is an American novelist, based in New York City.

She attended the Bronx High School of Science and dropped out of college.^[1] She has also written columns for Ms. magazine. In 1996, she published her first book, Going Down, telling the story of a woman in her 20s, a topic that would appear also in her subsequent writings.^[2] In 2002, she married entertainment lawyer Andrew Krents, after they were introduced by fellow novelist Amy Sohn.^[3]

Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Observer, London's The Independent, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Ms., Mudfish.

She teaches at the New York Writers' Workshop.^[4]

• Going Down, Riverhead Books, 1996, ISBN 978-1-57322-554-0
• High Maintenance, Riverhead Books, 2001, ISBN 978-1-57322-185-6
• Animal Stackers, Illustrator David McPhail, Hyperion Books for Children, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7868-1834-1
• Little Stalker, Penguin Group, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59448-292-2
• The Seven Year Bitch, Penguin Group USA, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59448-755-2

• "Jennifer Belle", Beatrice Interviews
• "A NIGHT OUT WITH: Jennifer Belle; On Familiar Turf", The New York Times, LINDA LEE, May 13, 2001