Jennifer Banash is a critically acclaimed writer, a former professor of English and creative writing, and has ghostwritten several New York Times bestselling books for major publishers. A widely published author in her own right, she is also the author of five celebrated young adult novels: Silent Alarm, White Lines, Simply Irresistible, In Too Deep, and The Elite (Penguin USA and G.P. Putnam & Sons). Silent Alarm, was a 2015 finalist for the American Library Association’s Best Work of Young Adult Fiction prize. She is also the former co-founder and editor of Impetus Press, a small, independent publishing house that championed works of literary fiction with a pop edge. Her most recent novel, The Rise and Fall of Ava Arcana, was released in April 2023 from Lake Union Publishing, and is being developed for television by Warner Media.

Through her sixteen years of experience in ghostwriting, editing, and developmental editing, Jennifer's meticulous attention to detail has become the trademark of her process. She is highly skilled at bringing a book from the “idea” phase of development through to completion, and with her hands-on approach to editing has shepherded clients’ projects in all genres — from non-fiction and memoir to YA fiction and both commercial and literary novels.