Jennifer Cook
, b. 1968
Jennifer Cook is the author of two young adult novels focusing on classical myth: Ariadne: The Maiden and the Minotaur (2004) and Persephone: Secrets of a Teenage Goddess (2005). Educated in Donvale, a suburb of Melbourne, she went on to study classics at the University of Melbourne. After a period of teaching at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Cook began work as a journalist, first with a local newspaper and then with SBS and ABC television networks. In 2007 she published a picture book, The Screaming Irrits, illustrated by Shane Nagle. She has worked as a print and radio journalist, and has received the United Nations Media Peace Award for a radio feature on East Timor. At the time of writing, she is close to completing her PhD in journalism.
Bio prepared by Miriam Riverlea, University of New England, mriverlea@gmail.com
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