Jennifer McMahon
Jennifer McMahon
Jennifer McMahonis a novelist who formerly resided in Barre, Vermont and now lives in Montpelier, Vermont. She has a civil union with her partner Drea, and one child, daughter Zella. She is a graduate of Goddard College, and studied poetry at Vermont College...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
fairy meant secret
Some things, I think, like fairy books and secret doors, are only meant to be found by children.
convinced grew lived named suburban
I was born in 1968 and grew up in my grandmother's house in suburban Connecticut, where I was convinced a ghost named Virgil lived in the attic.
best bloody children haunted house love mary pants pretending rather reading running scare woods
In all honesty, I didn't love reading when I was a kid. I'd rather be running around in the woods or doing my best to scare the pants off all the children in the neighborhood by pretending my house was haunted or making them play Bloody Mary in the bathroom.
bring close consequences course logical lose matter might mind truth
If there was a way to bring someone back, would you do it, no matter what the consequences might be? I know that for me, my logical mind says, 'Of course not!' But the truth is, when you lose someone who is so close to you, it's as if they are a part of you; there's always one more thing to say, one more moment you wish you'd had.
best hope love readers
I just try to write the best story I can, a story I would love to read, and hope that readers feel the same.
ate avoiding family feathers lived pretending sticks wild woods
I practically lived in the woods when I was a kid, avoiding grown-ups and my dysfunctional family, pretending I was half-wolf, a feral child who napped in nests made out of ferns, ate wild blueberries, and wove sticks and feathers into her hair.
almost amazed anyone anytime force hard magical tap
Honestly, I feel pretty awed anytime I meet just about any writer. I get how hard it is to write and make a living from it, but there's also this almost magical force you need to tap into, and I'm amazed by anyone who can do it.
believe certain echoes persistent
I do believe in ghosts, or at least in some kind of persistent spiritual echoes of the past in certain places.
adult believed easy followed impossible lead meets raven sure toad trees
I believed then - in a deep, easy way that is impossible for me as an adult - that there was more to this world than meets the eye. Trees had spirits; the wind spoke. If you followed a toad or a raven deep into the heart of the forest, they were sure to lead you to something magical.
water snow doe
If snow melts down to water, does it still remember being snow?
magic what-if special
What if things happened to you—special, magic things—because you’d been preparing for them?
hero flaws great-hero
All great heroes have a flaw. It's one of the things that makes them heroes.
baby kings crazy
The world was full of dangers now that she was pregnant: mercury in tuna, hot tubs, beer, secondhand smoke, over-the-counter medicine. Not to mention crazy baby-abducting fairy kings.
missing pieces clicks
...they were exactly what the other needed; the missing piece that made everything else magically click into place.