Love will prevail.
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Who’s JennyAuthor of 19 books of fiction, memoir and non-fiction, Jenny is a Trustee of PEN America, and Professor Emerita of Barnard College of Columbia University. As a lifelong advocate for human rights and a former co-chair of GLAAD, Jenny is a regular national media voice and public speaker.
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Fall 2026
I’ll be attending the PEN International Writers’ Congress during the last week of September. And participating in the Maine Writers and Publishers’ Alliance October 6 event in Rockport, ME, focussing on the damage done by book bans in this country. More info on that event is here.
Beyond that, these are quiet days; since retiring from Barnard in June, I’ve been working on a new novel. And reading Richard Ford.. My wife Deedie and I crossed the ocean on the Queen Mary II to celebrate this new phase of our lives, spent some time in Ireland and the UK. It was pretty cool.
Explore Books
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Cleavage
Published 2025 • Men, Women, and the Space Between Us
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Mad Honey
Published 2022 • o-written with Jodi Picoult, a soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind.
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Good Boy
Published 2020 • My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving dogs.
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Long Black Veil
Published 2017 • A new novel about a woman whose family and identity are threatened by the secrets of her past.
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Stuck in the Middle with You
Published 2014 • A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders
