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JENNIFER BARRETTE: A LIFE OF CREATIVITY, CURIOSTIY, AND GETTING DELIGHTFULLY REAL

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I wear many hats—artist, children’s author, nonfiction author, Vice President of Transmedia Entertainment, award-winning screenwriter, bestselling author, mom of four, daughter, wife, and friend … and that’s just before breakfast. I’m a prolific creator who somehow manages to write about grief and grandmas, mental health and Leprechauns, divorce and dogs, burnout and bug-obsessed villains—often all in the same day.

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Because here’s the truth: writing nonfiction can be deep, heavy, and beautifully emotional… so naturally, writing and creating my children’s books is very therapeutic for me. For five years, while crafting Get Real About Grief—the cornerstone of my self-help series—I was also secretly building entire children’s worlds to keep my own heart intact. (Grandmarama, the world’s first Grandma Superhero, may or may not have saved me more than once.)

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I spent a decade writing wildly imaginative middle-grade adventures, picture books, and stories for children, including the globe-trotting, grandma-empowering Grandmarama universe and built an entire new Santa Claus mythology. But when I stepped out of my 40s, I realized I had things to say, and real wisdom to share. That spark became Get Real About Life, a growing library of self-help books, audiobooks, journals, and low-content companions built on honesty, humor, and real stories from real people.

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My creative roots run deep. I grew up surrounded by books, sketchpads, and paintbrushes, which led me into a first career in Interior Design, where I designed custom furniture, remodeled homes, and painted murals large enough to be seen from space. When an injury grounded my ladder-climbing days, I didn’t stop creating; I simply scaled down (literally). I shifted to illustrating books, then editing, then writing my own stories…and the floodgates flew open.

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Today, I live in Northern California with my Caribbean husband who doubles as my business partner and sometimes as my co-writer, and our fourth and final child left at home, plus a rotating cast of pets, including two very opinionated Bernese Mountain Dogs who were the inspiration for my children's book series, HOT DAWG.

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As VP of Transmedia Entertainment, I’m not just writing stories, I’m building worlds. I create IP designed to leap from books to film, from games to merchandise, from imagination to screen. My creative mission under Get Real About Books is simple: to give people practical, heartfelt tools to tackle life’s chaos while inviting them to embrace a little magic along the way.

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And through it all—every book, every screenplay, every children’s story—my first love remains art. I still paint “almost” every day, often with watercolor-stained fingers typing away at the next world I’m bringing to life. If you’re looking for heartfelt storytelling, real talk, a little mischief, and a lot of creativity… you’ve come to the right Jennifer.

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