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Jen Calonita

Jen Calonita is the New York Times and USA Today-best-selling author of more than forty books for teens and middle grade. Her books have sold more than a million copies and have been translated into 15 languages. A graduate of Boston College, Jen began her career as an entertainment writer at Teen People magazine where she interviewed everyone from Dwayne Johnson to Reese Witherspoon. It was this job that inspired her first book, Secrets of My Hollywood Life, which was the winner of the Louisiana Young Readers Award. Jen went on to write several series including the bestselling Fairy Tale Reform School and books in Disney’s New York Times bestselling A Twisted Tale series. A Twisted Tale’s Mirror Mirror was the winner of the 2020 Teen Choice Book Awards, the only national book awards program where winners are selected by children and teens. She is also the author of the first two books in Disney’s magical Enchanters series, Fairy Godmother and Tinker Bell. Jen can be found in New York with her husband, two boys and a feisty chihuahua named Ben Kenobi.
Tinker Bell: An Enchanters Tale
Lost Legends: Zero to Hero
Fairy Godmother: An Enchanters Tale
Lost Legends: The Fixer Upper
A Twisted Tale Anthology
Lost Legends: Diamond in the Rough
12 to 22
Disney Frozen Polar Nights: Cast Into Darkness
Lost Legends: The Rise of Flynn Rider
Go the Distance
The Retake
Conceal, Don't Feel
Mirror, Mirror

Books

Tinker Bell: An Enchanters Tale
Lost Legends: Zero to Hero
Fairy Godmother: An Enchanters Tale
All Is Found
Lost Legends: The Fixer Upper
A Twisted Tale Anthology
Lost Legends: Diamond in the Rough
12 to 22
Disney Frozen Polar Nights: Cast Into Darkness
Lost Legends: The Rise of Flynn Rider
Go the Distance
The Retake
Conceal, Don't Feel
Mirror, Mirror

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