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Jennifer Lawson
A self-portrait of Jenny Lawson
Occupation(s)Journalist, blogger
Years active2006 – present
SpouseVictor
Children1 daughter

Jennifer Lawson (born 1973) is an American journalist, author and blogger from Wall, Texas. She is a graduate of Angelo State University. She is the author of The Bloggess and Ill Advised blogs, co-author of Good Mom/Bad Mom on the Houston Chronicle and a columnist for SexIs magazine. She is well known for her irreverent writing style. She also used to write an advice column named "Ask The Bloggess" for The Personal News Network (PNN.com) until she quit because they stopped paying her. She suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, OCD, ADD, depression and an anxiety disorder.

She was recognized by the Nielsen ratings as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Mom Bloggers and Forbes listed thebloggess.com as one of their Top 100 Websites for Women. She was a finalist in the 2010 Weblog awards for Best Writing and Most Humorous Writer, and a finalist in the 2011 Weblog awards for Best Writing, Most Humorous Writer and Weblog of the Year. In 2011 The Huffington Post named her the "Greatest Person of the Day" for her work in raising money for struggling families in December 2010. She was also interviewed on CBC News Network's Connect with Mark Kelley during the fundraising campaign.

She has written an autobiography called Let's Pretend This Never Happened, released on April 17, 2012, by Amy Einhorn Books which was, on May 6, 2012, the number one New York Times bestseller.

References

  1. Lawson, Jenny. "Who is the Bloggess?". TheBloggess.com. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  2. Chris Ariens (April 7, 2009). "PNN.com Launches "Ask the Bloggess"". Social Times. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  3. Lawson, Jenny (November 7, 2010). "Strange things will happen if you let them". TheBloggess.com. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  4. Lawson, Jennifer (January 8, 2011). "This doesn't really fit here. It doesn't really fit anywhere". Good Mom/Bad Mom. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  5. ^ Lawson, Jennifer (January 24, 2011). "Coming out". Good Mom/Bad Mom. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  6. Jennifer, Lawson. "It's a Vicious Circle". Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  7. "Power Mom 50 – Nielson Online". Retrieved June 29, 2011.
  8. Casserly, Meghan; Goudreau, Jenna (June 23, 2010). "Top 100 Websites For Women". Forbes. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  9. "Tenth Annual Weblog Awards". The Bloggies. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  10. "Eleventh Annual Weblog Awards". The Bloggies. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  11. Lee, Amy (January 3, 2011). "Today's HuffPost Greatest Person: Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess". The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  12. "Charity matchmaker". CBC News. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  13. "The Bloggess gets a book deal". BookPage. May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  14. "Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)".

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