Jenny Kiefer is an award-winning writer living in Louisville, Kentucky, where she co-owns and operates Butcher Cabin Books, a horror-only bookstore.

Her debut novel, THIS WRETCHED VALLEY, is forthcoming from Quirk Books on January 16, 2024. Her work has also appeared in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Pseudopod, and Howls from the Dark Ages.

She has won awards for both creative writing and journalism, including the Miracle Monocle Editor’s Award for Emerging Writers (2017) and four Society of Professional Journalism Awards (2018). She was a 2021 PitchWars mentee, under the mentorship of Cynthia Pelayo.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing from Western Kentucky University and a Master’s Degree in English from the University of Louisville.

She is represented by Lane Heymont at Tobias Literary.