Jen has lived a million different lives within the last couple of decades. Waitress, 911 dispatcher, and a few years in fast-paced startup life. She’s also the author of In the Light of Nostalgia, a free-verse poetry collection that explores grief, girlhood, and the ghosts we carry. She’s nearly finished the prequel and has her sights set next on a contemporary novel and a fantasy series, both years in the making.

A lifelong bookworm, Jen gravitates toward stories that hold emotional weight (usually fantasy or thrillers) and she brings that same intensity to her own work. She’s a hobby photographer whose street and architectural shots have been featured on another author’s book cover. Her eye is drawn to quiet details: cracked paint, alley murals, anonymity in the city, and the way light hits a long forgotten window.

Jen lives in the South with her husband, two unruly dogs, and three cats with attitude problems. She’s a feminist, deeply passionate about social justice and global issues, Type A, introverted, child-free by choice, and always dreaming up the next thing… often before she’s even finished the last one on her mile-long list.

The concept for co-founding Lifeline Audio was born in a group chat, one filled with honest check-ins and the kind of friendship that sees you through unraveling and rebuilding. The podcast then grew from that space, and Jen immediately knew it was her kind of storytelling: she is the resident 10-minute voice memo-ist, after all. As a co-host of Tell Me Everything Pod, she’s known to show up with a perfectly timed one-liner, a soul-cracking reflection, or a question that will haunt you (in a good way?)

You can find Jen on Tiktok and Instagram @jenxbagwell