Jennifer Niven McJunkin

Jennifer Niven McJunkin is a second year screen writing Fellow. She was born in North

Carolina and raised in both North Carolina and Indiana. Inspired by her mother, writer Penelope

Niven, Jennifer has written stories, poems, and plays since childhood. In 1988, she published

""Teen Cuisine"" (a cookbook for teenagers with braces), which she co-authored with her parents.

After graduating from Drew University with a degree in English Literature, Jennifer moved to

California. She has written a one woman play about Zelda Fitzgerald, and has studied acting at the

Globe Theater in San Diego. Jennifer has written several television spec scripts with a writing

partner in New York, worked as a research/editorial/archival assistant, and has completed her first

screenplay this past year.