Jennifer Sneed
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A STORY UNWRITTEN
"A captivating fairytale adaptation..." - Kirkus Reviews
"...a fun read from start to finish..." - Midwest Book Review
A retelling of Andersen's fairy tale The Wild Swans set in Oklahoma in 1925.
For ages 8-12 and the young at heart.
“I believe in magic. I believed even before my brothers sprouted wings and flew away.”
Eleven-year-old Cora, a woefully unladylike oil baron’s daughter, resists her family’s demands to become a fine young lady, but her plans to prevent it are interrupted when a fortune-hunting medium with a knack for potions bewitches her father. Cora unmasks the woman, but it makes no difference. After a whirlwind wedding, the medium turns Cora’s six brothers into hawks and Cora escapes through secret tunnels.
Trading her voice to a fairy on the prairie for the antidote to save her brothers, she must craft magical shirts for them before the Blue Moon rises or lose her family—and her voice—forever. By accepting new challenges and finding new allies, this little Princess on the Prairie does more than save her brothers; she finds the tenacity to become the author of her own fantastic life story.

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About Jennifer Sneed
Jennifer Sneed is a former elementary school teacher and legal assistant. Her articles and short stories have been published in Cricket and Ask magazines, and she’s won a few awards for her writing, including a first in the 2019 Writer's Digest Annual Contest. She is a leader of the SCBWI OK/AR region. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a graduate of the University of Tulsa with a history degree, somewhere along the way she fell in love with the city and decided to stay. A STORY UNWRITTEN, a middle-grade fairy tale retelling, is her debut novel. Her YA novel, GUINEVERE MACKENZIE IS NOT A NICE GIRL, will be released Spring of 2025.
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January 21 – SCBWI OKC Connect – What’s a BISAC & Will It Bite?
February 28 – The Fiction Lab Book Club – discussion of A Story Unwritten
March 1 – Foolish Things Coffee, Tulsa – Free Writing Workshop: Plot a Novel in an Hour
March 11 – SCBWI Tulsa Connect – Tips & Tricks with Canva
March 30 – Foolish Things Coffee, Tulsa – Free Writing Workshop: Plot a Novel in an Hour
April 6 – Pecan Creek Winery, Muskogee – Writing Workshop: What a Character!
May 23 – The Fiction Lab – Webinar: What a Character!
July 7 – SCBWI OK/AR Webinar: What’s a BISAC & Will it Bite?
