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Jennifer Archer (born 1957) is an author of young adult/teen fiction, women's fiction and romance born in Cleburne, north central Texas. Her novels typically have powerfulfemale protagonists, and have been nominated for numerous awards.

Archer keep a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Texas A&M University, and after graduating she worked in the fields of oil and gas accounting, real estate management, and the pharmacy and medical equipment industries, before becoming a full-time writer. She is a frequent speaker on the subject of creative writing and pursuing dreams, and has presented numerous talks and workshops for educators, students, writers' company and bookstores. Her novels for adults have been published with Dorchester Publishing and Harlequin Books, and her novels for teens with . She is also the co-author of

Body and Soul, Archer's debut novel, was released in 1999. Once Upon a Dream, her second novel, spent several weeks on Borders Books' bestseller list for Paranormal Romance, and was selectedby Amazon.com as one of the 'Best FreshRomances' for the month of January 2001, and was a 2001 P.E.A.R.L. Finalist (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature). Archer finished in the finals twice in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart competition, was a 2006 finalist for the prestigious Rita Award with her mainstream women's fiction novel The Me I Utilize to Be, and her novel Sandwiched was a 2006 nominee for a Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award. The Texas Library Association chosenher novel Through Her Eyes for the TAYSHAS high school reading list, and for the Spirit of Texas Reading Program - Middle School.

Archer currently resides in Amarillo, Texas.

Published works

Body and Soul (1999). FreshYork: Love Spell; Dorchester Pub. ISBN 978-0-505-52334-1 (Victory and a Kiss series)
Once Upon a Dream (2001). FreshYork: Love Spell; Dorchester Pub. ISBN 978-0-505-52418-8
Shocking Behavior (2002). FreshYork: Love Spell; Dorchester Pub. ISBN 978-0-505-52507-9
Sandwiched (2005). Don Mills, Ont., Canada: Harlequin. ISBN 978-0-373-88054-6 (The Next Novel series)
The Me I Utilize to Be (2005). Don Mills, Ont., Canada: Harlequin. ISBN 978-0-373-23044-0 (The Next Novel series)
My Perfectly Imperfect Life (2006). Don Mills, Ont., Canada: Harlequin. ISBN 978-0-373-88084-3 (The Next Novel series)
Off Her Rocker (2006). Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin. ISBN 978-0-373-88103-1 (The Next Novel series)
Annie on the Lam: A Christmas Caper (2007). Don Mills, Ont., Canada: Harlequin. ISBN 978-0-373-88148-2 (The Next Novel series)
Through Her Eyes (2011). FreshYork: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-183458-5
The Shadow Girl (2013). FreshYork: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-183460-8

Omnibus contributions

"Blame It on the Baby" (1999), in Eugenia Riley ; Kimberly Raye ; Jennifer Archer (eds.) FreshYear's Babies. FreshYork: Dorchester Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-505-52345-7
"Breaking the Rules" (2003), in Katie MacAlister; Jennifer Archer; Sheridon Smythe (eds.) Heat Wave. FreshYork: Dorchester Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-505-52539-0
A Mother's Day (2007, with Susan Mallery). Richmond: Mills & Boon. ISBN 978-0-263-85825-9
"Hannah's Hugs" (2008), in Linda Lael Miller, Sherryl Woods, Curtiss Ann Matlock, Jennifer Archer, Kathleen O'Brien (eds.) More Than Words: Volume 4. FreshYork: Harlequin. ISBN 978-0-373-83622-2