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Jenna Blum
Jenna Blum (born c. 1970) is an American writer notable for her novels ''Those Who Save Us''〔May 31, 2013, Chicago Tribune, (St. Luke's Page-turners ), Accessed Feb. 2, 2014, “..Those Who Save U by Jenna Blum...”〕 and ''The Stormchasers''.〔Nancy Harris, The Boston Globe, 2014, (Inner and outer turbulence in ‘The Stormchasers’ ), Accessed Feb. 2, 2014, “...I was surprised to discover that bipolar disorder was really at the heart of this exciting story...”〕 She is regarded as an authority on the subject of fiction writing and in 2013 was selected by the ''Modern Scholar'' series to teach an audio lecture course entitled ''The Author at Work: The Art of Writing Fiction''.〔2013, Recorded Books, The Modern Scholar, ''The Author at Work: The Art of Writing Fiction'' by Jenna Blum, ISBN 978-1-4703-8437-1〕 In addition, Blum leads novelists as part of the ''Grub Street writing center'', a Boston-based workshop for writers.〔Jenna Blum, April 27, 2013, The Boston Globe, (Henriette Lazaridis Power: A first-time novelist giving back ), Accessed Feb. 2, 2014〕〔Jan Gardner, The Boston Globe, July 4, 2010, ( Empowering writers ), Accessed Feb. 2, 2014, “...Since its inception in 1997, 53 instructors, including New York Times bestselling author Jenna Blum, and 22 students have published books. In recent months, the pace has picked up...”〕 She was named as a favorite woman writer by ''Oprah magazine.〔Melissa Hellstern, Oprah Magazine, February 26, 2010, (Your Favorite Women Writers ), Accessed Feb. 2, 2014, “...Jenna Blum began her career with a first prize in Seventeen magazine's National Fiction Contest...”〕
==Career==
Blum grew up with a Jewish father and part-German mother in the United States.〔Elaine Durbach, November 11, 2007, New Jersey Jewish News, (Author's roots yield best-selling novel ), Accessed Feb. 2, 2014, “...Born of a Jewish father and a German mother, she grew up in the United States...”〕 She published her first short story entitled ''Fifth Wheel'' in ''Seventeen magazine's'' ''National Fiction Contest'' when she was fourteen years old, and won third prize.〔 In 1986, her short story ''The Legacy of Frank Finklestein'' won first prize; Blum was sixteen.〔 She lived in Minnesota for four years and worked with the Shoah Foundation.〔 She earned a bachelor's degree from Kenyon College in 1992 and earned a master's degree from Boston University in 1997. She taught creative writing and communications writing at Boston University, and was the editor at Boston University's ''AGNI'' literary magazine for four years.〔 Blum also taught fiction and novel workshops for Grub Street Writers in Boston since 1997 and contributes to the ''Writer on the Road'' column for Grub Street's online periodical ''Grub Daily''. Blum's short stories and non-fiction have appeared in ''Faultline'', ''The Kenyon Review'', ''The Bellingham Review'', ''Glamour'', ''Mademoiselle'', and ''The Improper Bostonian''. Her first novel ''Those Who Save Us'' was published in hardcover by Harcourt in 2004 and in paperback in 2005 and explored how non-Jewish Germans dealt with the Holocaust; according to one account, it shows the “grace and brutality of human interaction in desperate times,” and was described as having “wonderful prose” with “strongly developed characters.”〔Nancy Harris, The Boston Globe, November 18, 2010, ( Inspiring connections ), Accessed Feb. 2, 2014〕 It was a ''New York Times'' bestseller〔〔Amy Sutherland, May 15, 2011, The Boston Globe, (The fast and the furious ), Accessed Feb. 2, 2014, “...It may have taken Jenna Blum five tries to get into Boston University’s graduate writing program, but it only took her one novel, ''Those Who Save Us,'' to land on The New York Times bestseller list. Her most recent book, ''The Stormchasers,'' ...”〕 as well as the bestselling book in the Netherlands for one year.〔Jennifer Haupt, April 28, 2011, ''Psychology Today'', (Jenna Blum: Write what you know about, live what you write about ), Accessed Feb. 5, 2014, "... now keeping it lofted on the Dutch bestseller list..."〕 A panel of judges including Elie Wiesel and N. Scott Momaday in conjunction with ''Hadassah magazine'' awarded Blum the ''Harold U. Ribalow Prize'' for excellence in Jewish-themed literature for this novel.〔 She is an avid reader.
Blum described how she researched her novel ''The Stormchasers'':
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