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'''Jennifer Lee Carrell''' is an American author of three novels and numerous articles for ''Smithsonian Magazine'' and ''Arizona Daily Star''.

==Background== Born in Washington, D.C., Carrell spent a brief stint of her childhood in Long Beach, CA before moving with her family to her father's hometown, Tucson, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Star|first1=Sarah Mauet Arizona Daily|title=Her writing journey|url=http://tucson.com/lifestyles/her-writing-journey/article_5b626049-c093-536c-83a1-8aa1b8cd6b4b.html|website=Arizona Daily Star|accessdate=2 August 2017|language=en}}</ref> She graduated with undergraduate degrees from Stanford (1984) and Oxford (1988),<ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lee Carrell|url=http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=16109|website=freshfiction.com|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref> and earned a PhD in English Literature from Harvard in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lee Carrell {{!}} Bookreporter.com|url=http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/jennifer-lee-carrell|website=www.bookreporter.com|accessdate=2 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Career== Beginning her career in academia, Carrell served as a lecturer in the "Hist & Lit" (History and Literature) Departments at Harvard from 1994 to 1997 and taught Expository Writing from 1997 to 1998. After getting her first freelance assignment from ''Smithsonian Magazine'' -- "How the Bard Won the West"<ref>{{cite news|title=How the Bard Won the West|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-the-bard-won-the-west-155510626/|accessdate=2 August 2017|work=Smithsonian|language=en}}</ref> — which explored Shakespeare's surprising popularity among cowboys, miners, and mountain men of the Old West, Carrell left university life in order to further pursue her writing.

A passionate believer in the arts, she worked as the classical music, opera, and dance critic for the ''Arizona Daily Star'' (Tucson) from 1999 to 2001. She has directed Shakespeare plays for Harvard's Hyperion Theatre Company and served as a dramaturg for the Arizona Theatre Company.

==Personal life== Carrell resides in Tucson, Arizona with her husband and daughter.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Steller|first1=Tim|title=Steller: Spanish or English — language debate is passionate|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/columnists/steller/steller-spanish-or-english-language-debate-is-passionate/article_2370001b-477e-5edc-88a9-44f8388ae8dd.html|accessdate=2 August 2017|work=Arizona Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lee Carrell {{!}} Bookreporter.com|url=http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/jennifer-lee-carrell|website=www.bookreporter.com|accessdate=2 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Novels== *{{cite book|author=Carrell, Jennifer|title=The Speckled Monster|date=2003|isbn= 978-0452285071}} Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" book *{{cite book|author=Carrell, Jennifer|title=Interred with their Bones|date=2007|isbn= 978-0525949701}} **Republished as {{cite book|author=Carrell, Jennifer|title= The Shakespeare Secret}} ''Sunday Times'' of London Top Ten; ''New York Times'' Bestseller List; Finalist, Best First Novel, International Thriller Writers (2008) *{{cite book|author=Carrell, Jennifer|title=Haunt Me Still|date=2010|isbn=9780525950776|url=https://archive.org/details/hauntmestillnove00carr}} Published in the UK as ''The Shakespeare Curse''. ''Sunday Times'' (London) Top Ten; Indie notables, ''IndieBound'' (May 2010)

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===Sources=== *{{cite news|url=http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/article_afe49378-8384-5cdf-b41a-7b9c093a32d5.html |author=Rivera, Andrea|title=Dark place, great locale|work=Arizona Daily Star|date=April 30, 2010}} *{{cite news|url=http://azstarnet.com/lifestyles/article_5b626049-c093-536c-83a1-8aa1b8cd6b4b.html |author=Mauet, Sarah |title=Her Writing Journey.|work=Arizona Daily Star|date= September 30, 2007}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.jenniferleecarrell.com}}

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