Last Updated May 13, 2025
Standard Version (189 words)
According to her family, Jennie St. Thomas started stringing words into original sentences as soon as she was able to talk, before she was even able to read or write herself. She can’t remember a time when she didn’t tell stories, and she began writing them down herself as soon as she learned how.
In her teens, she began learning and practicing writing craft more systematically. But she didn’t have the courage to share her work until she was into her twenties. Her first shared work was a piece of Star Trek: Voyager fan fiction, which got a much better reaction than she’d expected. She continues to write fan fiction, which is posted at An Archive Of Our Own.
She self-published her original short story, “Whitewood,” in April 2025, and has two more stories in the upcoming anthology The Iron Rose (Two Squirrels Press, 2025). She is currently working on a novella set in that universe.
Jennie is married to author Michael Ferrara, and they currently make their home in metro Atlanta, Georgia, alongside their spoiled rescue cat. In her spare time she enjoys photography, needlework, gardening, and hiking.
Shorter Version with Fan Fiction Mention (125 words)
According to her family, Jennie St. Thomas started stringing words into original sentences as soon as she was able to talk. She can’t remember a time when she didn’t tell stories.
Although she began her work with original fiction, her first successes came from writing fan fiction, which she has done for over thirty years. She self-published her original short story, “Whitewood,” in April 2025, and has two more stories in the upcoming anthology The Iron Rose (Two Squirrels Press, 2025). She is currently working on a novella set in that universe.
Jennie is married to author Michael Ferrara, and they currently make their home in metro Atlanta, Georgia, alongside their spoiled rescue cat. In her spare time she enjoys photography, needlework, gardening, and hiking.
Shorter Version without Fan Fiction Mention (100 words)
According to her family, Jennie St. Thomas started stringing words into original sentences as soon as she was able to talk. She can’t remember a time when she didn’t tell stories.
She self-published her original short story, “Whitewood,” in April 2025, and has two stories in the upcoming anthology The Iron Rose (Two Squirrels Press, 2025). She is currently working on a novella set in that universe.
Jennie is married to author Michael Ferrara, and they currently make their home in metro Atlanta, Georgia, alongside their spoiled rescue cat. In her spare time she enjoys photography, needlework, gardening, and hiking.
Shortest Version (50 words)
Jennie St. Thomas began writing before she knew how to read, and hasn’t looked back since. She has two stories in the upcoming anthology The Iron Rose (Two Squirrels Press, 2025) and is currently working on a novella set in that universe. She makes her home in metro Atlanta, Georgia.