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Jennfier Reynolds Paranormal and Post Apocalyptic Jennifer's Twitter Jennifer's Facebook Jennifer's Pinterest Jennifer Reynolds is a native of North Alamba. She is newly married. She and her husban tied the knot on Friday, September 13, 2013. Jennifer has a Masters of Fine Arts degree from National University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Alabama. Writing has always been a large part of her life. In high school, her local newspaper published a large number of her poems, and she won numerous poetry and short stories awards. Since high school, she has worked on a number of different projects, but her focus has mainly been on acquiring her degrees. She finished the first draft of her first novel, a post-apocalyptic piece titled Alone, around the time she graduated with her B.A. Since then, she has written numerous other novels, short stories, and poems. Aside from spending her days immersed in the fictional worlds she creates, she works part time at Stained Glass Artistry. Alone - Alone tells the story of how a woman changes the lives of the few remaining stragglers in a plague-ridden world. On the first day of the New Year, all across the United States, a fine, white powder permeates the air. Within seconds, those in proximity of the powder die. Six months in the disease has spread and all but less than one percentage of the planet’s population is dead. Eve, a college junior, the baby of the family, and young adult with little to nothing to worry about, soon finds herself the leader of a slowly growing group of survivors. Can she save herself and them from starvation, from insanity, from each other? She doesn’t think so, but she is determined to try. Join Eve as she learns how to keep her people fed, bring new life into an unsure world, and fight against those who have let the loneliness, the isolation, the emptiness destroy them. What genre do you enjoy writing the most and why? I’m torn between romance and post-apocalyptic. I like the awkwardness, the drama,