Ann Jacobus

Ann Jacobus is the author of YA novel The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent, and Romancing the Dark in the City of Light, winner of the Housatonic Book Award for Young Adult Literature. She graduated from Dartmouth College and earned an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has published essays, articles, poetry, and short fiction; teaches YA novel writing; and is a former suicide crisis line counselor and always a mental health advocate. When she's not...See more

Ann Jacobus is the author of YA novel The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent, and Romancing the Dark in the City of Light, winner of the Housatonic Book Award for Young Adult Literature. She graduated from Dartmouth College and earned an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has published essays, articles, poetry, and short fiction; teaches YA novel writing; and is a former suicide crisis line counselor and always a mental health advocate. When she's not reading, she enjoys swimming, sailing, dogs and kids, and binge-watching TV series. Find her at annjacobus.com, and on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. See less