1 Published BooksJen Doktorski
Jen Doktorski, who also writes and publishes under her full name, Jennifer Salvato Doktorski, received a 2024 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She is the author of five young adult novels: HOW MY SUMMER WENT UP IN FLAMES (Simon Pulse); FAMOUS LAST WORDS (Holt), a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year for 2014; THE SUMMER AFTER YOU & ME (Sourcebooks), a YALSA Teens' Top Ten nominee; AUGUST & EVERYTHING AFTER, and the forthcoming FINDING NORMAL (Fitzroy Books 2025). She has published articles and essays in national magazines including Cosmopolitan and began her writing career on the obit desk of a local newspaper, where she learned the importance of deadlines and developed a lifelong love of news and coffee. She lives with her family in New Jersey and spends summers "down the shore," where everything is always all right.
