Jen Schneider

Jen Schneider is an award-winning author, essayist, and educator who lives, writes, and works in small spaces throughout Pennsylvania (though she mostly spends her days on West Coast time). She writes poetry, non-fiction, fiction, and creative non-fiction, with an emphasis on (and soft spot for) interactive and hybrid forms. She especially enjoys focusing on lesser-known voices in history and spotlighting the work of women and history in her writing. She has authored several chapbooks and full...See more

Jen Schneider is an award-winning author, essayist, and educator who lives, writes, and works in small spaces throughout Pennsylvania (though she mostly spends her days on West Coast time). She writes poetry, non-fiction, fiction, and creative non-fiction, with an emphasis on (and soft spot for) interactive and hybrid forms. She especially enjoys focusing on lesser-known voices in history and spotlighting the work of women and history in her writing. She has authored several chapbooks and full-length poetry collections, with stories, poems, and essays published through traditional and independent presses and in a variety of literary and scholarly journals. Previous works include Invisible Ink; On Habits & Habitats; On Daily Puzzles: (Un)locking Invisibility; A Collection of Recollections; When Links / Blanks / Puzzles Linger; On Always Being an Outsider; Blindfolds, Bruises, and Breakups; 14 (Plus) Reasons Why; To Wish to Walk, and On (Pantry) Stock & (Kitchen) Timers. She served as the 2022 Montgomery County (PA) Poet Laureate. See less