Jennie L. Hansen
Hansen, Jennie
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Mary (Reader) Smith and Jed C. Smith
Boyd K. Hansen
four girls, one boy --Sharon, Robert, Mary Jo, Lezlie, Janice
Current Residence: Salt Lake County, Utah
Contact: Jennie Hansen c/o Covenant Communications, PO Box 416,
American Fork, UT 84003-0416 or bhansen22@msn.com
This information was submitted by the author on July 27, 2003.
11-02-1943
Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA
Associate Degree, 1964, Ricks College Rexburg, Idaho
BA, 1990 Westminster College Salt Lake City, Utah
First published at the age of seven, Jennie Hansen, has contributed stories and articles to numerous magazines and newspapers. She worked as a reporter and editor for a weekly newspaper and occasionally freelanced articles for several daily newspapers. She worked for the Utah State legislature before becoming a circulation specialist for the Salt Lake City Library System. Her publications include newspaper articles, news stories, editorials, short stories, reviews of other LDS author\'s work, and twelve novels. She frequently speaks at Relief Society socials, firesides, conferences, and to literary groups.
Author
Many journalism awards including the National Federation of Press Women\'s second place award for page editing for the Valley View News(1978),
Third place Contemporary for Some Sweet Day, Heart of the West 1997 Writers Contest
