Welcome!
Come and learn a little more about award-winning, bestselling author and screenwriter
Jenni James. She’s an incredible force to be reckoned with—with over 50+ books and
several screenplays. Jenni’s determined to recreate the entertainment industry and
provide more clean, family-friendly content with incredible men and women and
inspirational stories that touch hearts and change lives. Stories that make you laugh,
cry, engage, and inspire. She calls it ‘teaching without preaching.’
After years—frustrated with subpar entertainment: Dopey dads, teens without morals,
crude humor, and often frustrating character arcs, blasé writing which was only meant
to capture the moment but not truly resonate—Jenni has decided to use her writing
superpowers for good and bring light, joy, hope and family-centered growth to a very
struggling entertainment structure.
Why not incorporate comedy with beautiful messages that inspire and leave you
thinking long after you’ve left the pages (or theater)? Each hero or heroine in her stories
is a compelling, strong, non-perfect person learning to grow and become better. Jenni’s
main goal is to have you walk out of a theater (or put a book down) and be
happier—more joyful and bright than when you picked it up.
There’s enough dark in the world; her mission is to produce good content that uplifts,
worldwide—and truly brightens and creates joy for everyone involved. So, if you’re ready
for incredible doses of positivity and heartfelt messages that make you laugh-out-loud,
move you to tears, and hold your family tighter, then you’ve come to the right place!
JENNI’S BOOKS
Jenni is known as a beloved author for her bestselling, diverse, clean works in adult,
young adult, and children's genres. A few of her series include The Jane Austen Diaries
(Pride & Popularity, Persuaded, Emmalee, Mansfield Ranch, Northanger
Alibi, Sensible & Sensational and Sand & Sun) as well as the Jenni James
Faerie Tale Collection –Seventeen captivating fairy tales the way they should've
been written.
She is also known for her Regency Romance series (The Bluestocking and the
Dastardly, Intolerable Scoundrel, Lord Romney's Exquisite Widow, and
Lord Atten Meets His Match) and her acclaimed inspirational children's book:
Prince Tennyson, as well as many others. Including her first book to film: Not
Cinderella’s Type.
MOVIES
Jenni's been commissioned by production companies all over the world and currently
has in the works engaging screenplays such as:
Never Forget—The Miracle Bowl –the true story of a disabled college team
manager Mel Farr and the incredible Jim McMahon and how together they inspired
their college football team to come back and win from insurmountable odds in one of
the greatest games of all time. (Other notable players on the team—Andy Reid, Steve
Young, Tom Holmoe, Via Sikahema, Clay Brown and even starring Danny Ainge)
The Wright Way—The inspiring true story of music composer Benjamin Wright, Jr.
and how he became one of modern music's incredible legends working with artists such
as Justin Timberlake, Outkast, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight, Earth,
Wind and Fire, Whitney Houston... any many more.
Nothin' for Christmas—It's Home Alone meets Sister Act in this zany, hilarious
family Christmas movie starring Quinton Aaron (Big Mike from The Blindside)
Where Are You, God?—A 10-yr-old's powerful, faith-based journey to prove if an
invisible God really does exist. Jon Voight is attached.
Unbroken Circle—Five interracial older men and a grieving little girl change the norm
of what is family in this hilarious and heartfelt tribute to wisdom, love, and loss.
A Snowbound Christmas—A ranch-owning cowboy is stunned when his autistic
daughter prays for a new mom during a snowstorm and a pretty, stranded lawyer arrives
on his doorstep. His daughter is ecstatic, but he knows it'll never work out.
Inheritance to Love— Twenty years ago, Kimberly was left at the altar when her
fiancée Michael ran off with her maid of honor. Now, she’s a divorcee who despises men,
and Michael’s a widower about to lose everything. Unbeknownst to the other, each of
them has received a million-dollar inheritance from their former boss if they can stay
ten days in a secluded cabin, no internet, phone, television—just peace and quiet. Oh,
and with each other. (Filmed. In post-production)
Crossroads to Home—Two estranged brothers (17 & 22), whose mom dies and sends
them on a road trip to help them heal, not only from her death, but from the father that
left their lives ten years earlier after a bitter affair. She arranges this trip to give them
back the one thing they need most—their dad. Just because she couldn't get along with
him doesn't mean they can't. It's hard, it's raw, it's beautiful, and so very, very healing.
These are just a fraction of the projects Jenni has in the works. She currently has nearly
40 screenplays written—teen, family, romance, drama, historical, as well as a couple of
compelling TV series.
MORE ABOUT JENNI
Jenni has taught writing, screenwriting, and marketing workshops and classes at many
conferences around the United States and overseas. She loves to speak in schools and
inspire students to follow their dreams.
She has an ongoing curriculum-based series of books for ESL (dual language
immersion) and has not only written them for early-readers and students, but she is
illustrating them as well.
Jenni is an award-winning professional artist and has sold over seventy paintings
around the world. Children's portraits are her specialty. There is nothing she loves more
than to pull out her paints on a Sunday afternoon and create.
Jenni and her happy husband have a plethora of children. Seven are hers from her first
marriage, three are his, and together they have adopted a little one.
