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Jennifer Coburn

Biography

Jennifer Coburn

Jennifer Coburn is the author of THE GIRLS OF THE GLIMMER FACTORY and CRADLES OF THE REICH, historical novels about the strength of women's friendship and the connections that can be forged during even the most harrowing of times.

She also has published a mother-daughter travel memoir, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS, as well as six contemporary women's novels. Additionally, Jennifer has contributed to five literary anthologies, including A PARIS ALL YOUR OWN.

Jennifer lives in San Diego with her husband, William. Their daughter, Katie is currently in graduate school. When Jennifer is not going down historical research rabbit holes, she volunteers with So Say We All, a live storytelling organization, where she is a performer, producer and performance coach. She is also a volunteer with Reality Changers, a nonprofit that supports low-income high school students in becoming the first in their families to attend college. She specializes in college essay development, interview prep and nagging.

Jennifer Coburn

Books by Jennifer Coburn

The Girls of the Glimmer Factory
by Jennifer Coburn - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

Hannah longs for the days when she used to be free. Now she is a Jewish prisoner at Theresienstadt, a model ghetto where the Nazis plan to make a propaganda film to convince the world that the Jewish people are living well in the camps. But Hannah will do anything to show the world the truth. Along with other young resistance members, they vow to disrupt the filming and derail the increasingly frequent deportations to death camps in the east. Hilde is a true believer in the Nazi cause, working in the Reich Ministry of Enlightenment and Propaganda. Though they're losing the war, Hilde hasn't lost faith. She can't stop the Allied bombings, but she can help the party create a documentary that will renew confidence in Hitler's plans for Jewish containment.

Cradles of the Reich
by Jennifer Coburn - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

CRADLES OF THE REICH uncovers a topic rarely explored in fiction: the Lebensborn project, a Nazi breeding program to create a so-called master race. At the Heim Hochland maternity home in Bavaria, three women's lives converge as they find themselves there under very different circumstances. Gundi is a pregnant university student from Berlin. An Aryan beauty, she's secretly a member of a resistance group. Hilde, only 18, is a true believer in the cause and is thrilled to carry a Nazi official's child. And Irma, a 44-year-old nurse, is desperate to build a new life for herself after personal devastation. Despite their opposing beliefs, all three have everything to lose as they begin to realize they are trapped within Hitler's terrifying scheme to build a Nazi-Aryan nation.