{{short description|American novelist}}
'''Jennifer Pelland''' is an American writer of science fiction, principally short fiction.
Pelland's works have been characterized as "dark fiction with a thread of humanity running through it", focusing on themes of body modification and destruction.<ref name="Nebula Awards 2010 Interview">{{cite web|last=Yardley|first=Mercedes M.|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2011/09/nebula-awards-2010-interview-jennifer-pelland/|title=Nebula Awards 2010 Interview: Jennifer Pelland|publisher=SFWA|accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> Her short stories ''Captive Girl'' (2007) and ''Ghosts of New York'' (2010) were nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.<ref name="Nebula Awards 2010 Interview" /> ''Captive Girl'' was also shortlisted for the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards.
Pelland is married. She lives near Boston, practices belly dancing, and is a part-time voice-actor.<ref name="Pelland Bio">{{cite web|last=Pelland|first=Jennifer|title=Bio and Interviews|url=http://www.jenniferpelland.com/bio.html|accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref>
==Works== In addition to numerous pieces of short fiction, Pelland has written: *''Unwelcome Bodies'' (2008, {{ISBN|978-0978867676}}), a short story collection *''Machine'' (2012, {{ISBN|978-1937009137}}), a novel
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.jenniferpelland.com}} * {{isfdb name}}
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