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About Jeanne

Jeanne Blasberg is an award-winning and bestselling author and essayist. Her most recent book, The Nine (She Writes Press 2019) was honored with the 2019 Foreword Indies Gold Award in Thriller & Suspense, and the Gold Medal and Juror’s Choice in the 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards, among others. Her debut novel, Eden (She Writes Press 2017), won the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and was a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction.

Jeanne was named a BookEnds Fellow in April 2021, and developed her forthcoming novel Daughter of a Promise (SWP, April 2024) through the fellowship. 

Jeanne cochairs the board of the Boston Book Festival and serves on the Executive Committee of GrubStreet, one of the country’s preeminent creative writing centers. Both a teacher of writing and a lifetime learner, Jeanne founded the Westerly Writers Workshop to offer writing workshops in memoir and fiction.

Jeanne reviews contemporary fiction for the New York Journal of Books. Her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post, Indagare, The Boston Book Blog, diyMFA, Grown and FlownThe Jewish Book Council, Squash Magazine, Adopting.com, and many others. You can catch up on her latest reviews on her blog.

When not in New England, Jeanne splits her time between Park City, UT, and growing organic vegetables in Verona, Wisconsin.

Awards and Praise

Former student, Westerly Writer’s Workshop:

“Jeanne is a great communicator and very supportive of her novice writers. She was able to create a bond between all of the participants and offered kind direction to each. She challenged us to be creative in fifteen minute blocks, offering instant insight into the end product. Jeanne graciously shared her expertise and experience, providing useful guidance toward making us better writers. I strongly recommend this workshop for any budding writer.”

Session attendee, The Muse and the Marketplace Conference:

“[Jeanne] managed to speak from her personal experience without making it all about her. She brought in examples of hybrid published books that were very professionally produced and, for the first time, I saw this as an option. It actually took some of the pressure off when meeting with agents.”

Writing Awards:

—Winner of the 2020 Foreward INDIES Book Gold Award for Thriller and Suspense
—Juror’s Choice in the 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards and Winner of the award for Contemporary Fiction
—Second Place Winner of the 2020 Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award for General Fiction
—Finalist for the 2020 International Book Awards in Literary Fiction
—Finalist for the 2020 Reader’s Favorite Book Awards in General Fiction
—Winner of the 2019 Beverly Hills Book Awards for Literary Fiction and Regional Fiction – Northeast
—Finalist for the 2019 Beverly Hills Book Award for General Fiction
—Finalist for the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Somerset Award
—Winner of the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for Best New Voice in Fiction
—Shortlisted for the 2018 Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction
—Finalist for the 2018 New England Society in the City of New York Book Award for Fiction
—Second Place Winner for the 2017–2018 Reader Views Literary Awards for General Fiction/Novel
—Winner of the 2017 Beverly Hills Book Awards for New Fiction
—Winner of the 2017 Beverly Hills Book Awards for Women’s Fiction
—Finalist of the 2017 International Book Awards for Historical Fiction

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Daughter of

a Promise

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PRAISE FOR DAUGHTER OF A PROMISE

“Once more Blasberg trains her acute eye on the beauty, joy, and difficulty of familial love. Her latest novel is both timeless and thoroughly modern.”
Ivy Pochoda, author of Sing Her Down and These Women

“As Betsabé navigates her place in New York after college graduation, she learns truths we all need to know about the balance between duty to others and duty to self. A powerful and tender coming-of-age story.”
Marjan Kamali, author of The Stationery Shop and Together Tea

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The Nine

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PRAISE FOR THE NINE

“Blasberg’s compelling new novel, The Nine, is a complex and beautifully wrought tale of the sacrifices parents and children make to join the ranks of the elite, and the shocking secrets they find once they get there. It will surely be catnip for book groups.”
Holly LeCraw, author of The Swimming Pool and The Half Brother

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PRAISE FOR EDEN

“Eden is not just another farewell-to-the-summer-house novel, but instead a masterfully interwoven family saga with indelible characters, unforgettable stories, and true pathos. Most impressive, there’s not an ounce of fat on this excellent book.”
Anita Shreve, New York Times best selling author of The Pilot’s Wife and The Stars are Fire