Jennifer J. Meyer

Award-winning journalist

Columnist

Author

Jennifer is a contributing columnist for the Southern California News Group, a collection of newspapers that includes The Orange County Register, where she worked as a staff writer for many years. During her tenure at the Register, she garnered several prestigious awards including the Orange County Press Club’s Best Beat Coverage for her column Vital Signs and additional awards from the Orange County Fair. As the primary writer for the Register’s Home Magazine, she interviewed the area’s top designers, architects and builders and toured many multimillion-dollar homes.

Her freelance work has appeared in the Rotarian, Parenting and other popular magazines.

Jennifer was selected for the prestigious creative writing workshop with Richard Bausch at Chapman College, which she completed in spring 2016. Her flash fiction has been published online at 101words.org and FridayFlashFiction.com. And a short story has been accepted by the Kelp Journal.

Jennifer is a self-proclaimed true-crime junkie and is currently writing a crime novel.

A bird enthusiast, Jennifer has been a volunteer for various non-profit conservation groups including the Orange County Bird of Prey Center, which rehabilitates owls, hawks and falcons and the Southern California Bluebird Club, which monitors nesting boxes in local parks. She is a member of Sea & Sage Audubon.

Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Science from Elmhurst College and a Master of Science from Loyola University of Chicago.