Jennifer Ann Richter has been an active SCBWI member since 2015 and has published short stories and poetry for both children and adults. Her YA story "Partings" won honorable mention in the 2020 Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition. Her historical poem "The Books of Timbuktu" appeared in the February 2022 issue of Cricket magazine. Bird Nerd is her debut. She lives in Delaware.