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'''Jennifer Beckstrand'' grew up on a steady diet of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen. After all that literary immersion, she naturally decided to get a degree in mathematics, which came in handy when one of her six children needed help with homework. After her fourth daughter was born, she started writing. By juggling diaper changes, soccer games, music lessons, laundry, and two more children, she finished her first manuscript—Rachel and Riley—in just under fourteen years.

Jennifer loves writing romance and is a #1 Amazon and USA Today Bestselling author of The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series, The Honeybee Sisters series, The Petersheim Brothers series, and The Amish Quiltmaker series for Kensington Books. The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unlikely Match, came out in January 2024, and the unruly dog and pack of mischievous goats have readers and reviewers alike in stitches. Jennifer also writes sweet contemporary and historical romances. Her third Western, Maggie and Max, just hit the shelves, and Larkspur Ranch, the much anticipated second book in the Dandelion Meadows series, comes out in 2025.

Huckleberry Hill won the 2014 LIME Award for Inspiration Fiction and Huckleberry Summer was nominated for the 2014 Reviewer’s Choice Award by RT Book Reviews and the RITA Award by the Romance Writers of America. Home on Huckleberry Hill was nominated for the 2019 RITA Award. The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unexpected Baby was a finalist in the 2022 Carol Contest.

Jennifer has four daughters, two sons, four sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law, and eleven adorable grandchildren. She lives in the foothills of the Wasatch Front with her husband and plays pickleball and cuddles her grandchildren when she’s not writing.

==On the Web==
* Website [https://www.jenniferbeckstrand.com/]

==Books==
* ''[[Abraham]]'' - 2019
* ''[[Amish Brides]]'' - 2018
* ''[[Amish Christmas Cookie Tour]]'' - 2013
* ''[[Amish Christmas Miracles]]'' - 2010
* ''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unexpected Baby|Amish Quiltmaker's Unexpected Baby, The]]'' - 2011
* ''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unruly In-Law|Amish Quiltmaker's Unruly In-Law, The]]'' - 2011
* ''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unattached Neighbor|Amish Quiltmaker's Unattached Neighbor, The]]'' - 2014
* ''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unconventional Niece|Amish Quiltmaker's Unconventional Niece, The]]'' - 2012
* ''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Uninvited Guest|Amish Quiltmaker's Uninvited Guest, The]]'' - 2014
* ''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unlikely Match|Amish Quiltmaker's Unlikely Match, The]]'' - 2014
* ''[[Andrew]]'' - 2019
* ''[[Austin]]'' - 2012
* ''[[A Bee In Her Bonnet|Bee In Her Bonnet, A]]'' - 2016
* ''[[The Christmas Bakery On Huckleberry Hill|Christmas Bakery On Huckleberry Hill, The]]'' - 2016
* ''[[A Courtship On Huckleberry Hill|Courtship On Huckleberry Hill, A]]'' - 2018
* ''[[First Christmas On Huckleberry Hill]]'' - 2011
* ''[[Happily Ever After On Huckleberry Hill]]'' - 2013
* ''[[Home On Huckleberry Hill]]'' - 2018
* ''[[A Honeybee Christmas|Honeybee Christmas, A]]'' - 2017
* ''[[Huckleberry Christmas]]'' - 2014
* ''[[Huckleberry Harvest]]'' - 2015
* ''[[Huckleberry Hearts]]'' - 2015
* ''[[Huckleberry Hill]]'' - 2014
* ''[[Huckleberry Spring]]'' - 2015
* ''[[Huckleberry Summer]]'' - 2014
* ''[[Kate's Song]]'' - 2012
* ''[[Like A Bee to Honey]]'' - 2016
* ''[[Miriam's Quilt]]'' - 2013
* ''[[A Perfect Amish Christmas|Perfect Amish Christmas, A]]'' - 2014
* ''[[Rebecca's Rose]]'' - 2012
* ''[[The Reluctant Groom|Reluctant Groom, The]]'' - 2017
* ''[[Return To Huckleberry Hill]]'' - 2017
* ''[[Sealed With A Kiss]]'' - 2018
* ''[[Second Chances On Huckleberry Hill]]'' - 2013
* ''[[Sweet As Honey]]'' - 2016

==Series/Related Titles==
'''Amish Quiltmaker'''
#''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unexpected Baby]]''
#''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unruly In-Law]]''
#''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unconventional Niece]]''

'''Forever After in Apple Lake'''
#''[[Kate's Song]]''
#''[[Rebecca's Rose]]''
#''[[Miriam's Quilt]]''

'''Honeybee Sisters'''
#''[[Sweet As Honey]]''
#''[[A Bee In Her Bonnet]]''
#''[[Like A Bee To Honey]]''

'''The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill'''
: 1. ''[[Huckleberry Hill]]''
: 2. ''[[Huckleberry Summer]]''
: 3. ''[[Huckleberry Christmas]]''
: 4. ''[[Huckleberry Spring]]''
: 5. ''[[Huckleberry Harvest]]''
: 6. ''[[Huckleberry Hearts]]''
:: 6.5 ''[[The Christmas Bakery On Huckleberry Hill]]''
: 7. ''[[Return To Huckleberry Hill]]''
: 8. ''[[A Courtship On Huckleberry Hill]]''
: 9. ''[[Home On Huckleberry Hill]]''
: 10. ''[[First Christmas On Huckleberry Hill]]''

'''The Petersheim Brothers'''
#''[[Andrew]]''
#''[[Abraham]]''
#''[[Austin]]''

==Recognitions==
*2022 [[Carol Award]] Finalist - Romance, ''[[The Amish Quiltmaker's Unexpected Baby]]''
*2019 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements, ''[[Home On Huckleberry Hill]]''
*2016 [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Sweet As Honey]]''
*2016 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[A Bee In Her Bonnet]]''
*2016 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Sweet As Honey]]''
*2015 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Inspirational Romance, ''[[Hickleberry Summer]]''
*2014 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Huckleberry Summer]]''

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-'''Jennifer Beckstrand'' grew up on a steady diet of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen. After all that literary immersion, she naturally decided to get a degree in mathematics, which came in handy when one of her six children needed help with homework. After her fourth daughter was born, she started writing. By juggling diaper changes, soccer games, music lessons, laundry, and two more children, she finished her first manuscript—Rachel and Riley—in just under fourteen years.
+'''Jennifer Beckstrand''' grew up on a steady diet of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen. After all that literary immersion, she naturally decided to get a degree in mathematics, which came in handy when one of her six children needed help with homework. After her fourth daughter was born, she started writing. By juggling diaper changes, soccer games, music lessons, laundry, and two more children, she finished her first manuscript—Rachel and Riley—in just under fourteen years.
 Jennifer loves writing romance and is a #1 Amazon and USA Today Bestselling author of The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series, The Honeybee Sisters series, The Petersheim Brothers series, and The Amish Quiltmaker series for Kensington Books. The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unlikely Match, came out in January 2024, and the unruly dog and pack of mischievous goats have readers and reviewers alike in stitches. Jennifer also writes sweet contemporary and historical romances. Her third Western, Maggie and Max, just hit the shelves, and Larkspur Ranch, the much anticipated second book in the Dandelion Meadows series, comes out in 2025.

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 *2016  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[A Bee In Her Bonnet]]''
 *2016  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Sweet As Honey]]''
-*2015  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Inspirational Romance, ''[[Hickleberry Summer]]''
+*2015  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Inspirational Romance, ''[[Huckleberry Summer]]''
 *2014  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Huckleberry Summer]]''