I show up in real life sometimes.
You might catch or book me at the bottom of the page.
Awards:
Screencraft Spring Film Fund Quarterfinalist, 2021
Screencraft Animation Competition Semifinalist, 2019
Cinematic Book Competition Semi-Finalist, 2018
Screencraft Comedy Screenplay Contest Quarter-Finalist, 2017
I See You Awards Nominee, 2017
Screencraft Short Story Contest Quarter-Finalist, 2017
Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest Finalist, 2016
Austin Film Festival, Second Rounder: Top 15% of scripts, 2016
Writers of the Future Scifi Contest Honorable Mention, 2013, 2016
Media Mentions and Interviews:
Interview with SciFi4MeTV:
what is TRANSFORMATIVE fiction, and why should it matter to YOU?
Authority Magazine: How to Write Compelling Scifi and Fantasy
American Library Association’s Booklist on NEODYMIUM EXODUS: “…an epic conflict over the very structure of society, and battles both stealthy and dramatic combine to make an entertaining, quick read set in a lightly sketched but intriguing world.”
Publisher’s Weekly on NEODYMIUM EXODUS: “Space opera fans should snap this up”
Discussing pain, philosophy, psychology, and fiction with James Riordan of Long Live Podcasts
Talking real life struggles and diversity with Alicia McCalla in superhero fiction
Scifi4Me Interview: How does medicine impact scifi?
Big Nerdy Questions Interview About Author-Slaying
WE BE GEEKS (one of my fav podcasts) Meta-Interviewing Interview
Zone 4 Comics Podcast (Just the funnest interview)
Fictigristle: James Beamon on my book Becoming Hero
Mentioned by Phillip Stevens As A Good Exception to Indie Author Blandness
Why We Wrote The Crossover Alliance Superhero Stories
Follow Magazine: “Don’t Be Greedy” Marketing Advice
FilmCarnage: How “I’m Having an Affair With My Wife!” Happened
Duhmericana: Feminism and Movies with Benzy, Wilx, and Samantha
Featured in the Wildsound Film Festival
Bustle.com: Old-fashioned Date Ideas We Should Bring Back
Medical News Today: Multiple Sclerosis
I was mentioned in Diabolical Plots’ “Best of Escapepod 2016”, too. Don’t forget to checkout Amazon reviews of my work, like of Pantheon Magazine and Becoming Hero!
Appearances:
Balticon, Baltimore, 2022
Armadillocon, Austin, 2021
Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival, 2018
Wizard World Austin, 2018
ArmadilloCon SFF Convention, 2018
Wizard World Austin 2017
The ARTS at Marks Garage, Oahu, Hawaii
Wizard World Austin 2016
Galaxy Comics, Ponce
Full media and press kit for download here. Want to book Jen for your group or con? Jen Finelli is a physician with PTSD who channels her chronic pain into helping others find purpose in their suffering and rest from their dragons. She’s available to speak on the science of relaxation and wellness to help your audience turn their suffering into heroism – or, as the traditionally-published author of dark, inventive science fiction positively reviewed by some of the most exclusive publications in the country, she talks about finding the evidence-based story and purpose in YOUR darkness.
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