In 1994, Jennifer Rose Kassidy took a weekend alone in Sydney to escape a toxic marriage. She met a backpacker from Detroit. What followed became the story she would carry for more than thirty years: psychological betrayal and deception spanning three continents, with the help of a seasoned detective, the Australian Federal Police and Interpol.
Jenster—her debut memoir—is that story.
Since publication, Jenster has reached #4 in White Collar Crime and #5 in Hoaxes & Deception in Australia, and placed in the Top 50 in its category in the United States.
Jennifer’s background spans graphic design, creative direction and photography, building a career around visual storytelling and close observation. That visual sensibility now informs her writing and the way she reconstructs memory, place and character.
She spent more than a decade at Monash University and has operated her own photography and design studio since 2004.
In 2017, she and her husband swapped their thoroughbred horse property in Victoria, Australia for Minnesota—the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
It was a move that gave her the distance to finally write her story.
Based in Minnesota with regular visits to Australia, she is available for book clubs, speaking engagements, and media enquiries.
