Jennifer Lukenbill

Jennifer Lukenbill, 31, has spent her life waist-deep in her southwest Missouri roots, screaming for help in vain. After graduating from Cottey College before the turn of the freakin' century, she was able to land a minimum wage job in a pharmacy. Not one for change, she is now a Certified Pharmacy Technician, mainly so she can use the initials "CPhT" after her name (not that she does). Jennifer has been married to husband Shawn for 11 years. They have a 10-year-old son, Hunter, an iguana, a dog and a cat. She has a deep passion for the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs, playing "Guess My Weight" after getting off of water rides at amusement parks, and hoarding jelly packets at restaurants. Jennifer is a staff writer at the Martini Lounge ( www.martini-lounge.com, currently on hiatus ) and a frequent reporter of environmental concerns. She wrote her first novel in 2005 followed by her second the following year, both during National Novel Writing Month (www.nanowrimo.org ).