Norma Jennings

Norma Jennings, a four-time, award-winning author, is about to publish her latest novel, THE IRISH CONNECTION, on July 7, 2023. Born and raised in Jamaica, Jennings often wondered how classmates who looked like her were named Gavin O'Connor and Olivia Murphy. After extensive research that gave birth to THE IRISH CONNECTION, she boldly shares the history of those names. Jennings has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, completed the Management Development Course at Harvard Graduate School, and has worked as corporate executive in the United States and Jamaica. She now lives in Florida and often visits her grandmother's old sugarcane plantation, Twickenham, in Jamaica. Her website is www.normajennings.com. Jennings has presented at large events as an executive, at writers' conferences, at author conferences hosted by the Jamaican Consul General, and as commencement speaker at her Alma Mater in Texas. After her first two novels, DAUGHTER OF THE CARIBBEAN and PASSENGER FROM GREECE, Jennings was named one of 50 Great Writers, in the 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading Book Awards. PASSENGER FROM GREECE was awarded finalist in the Best USA Book Awards, and in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Best Multicultural Fiction, and Best Book Cover Design. Jennings has completed her fourth novel, MAROONED, about a woman Maroon warrior's vicious fight against slavery, leading to independence from the British almost 40 years before the U.S. achieved their own independence from England. CLOSURE, INTERRUPTED, Jennings' fifth novel in development, is a story of reclamation after the criminal betrayal of a loving husband.