One launching July 13, 2026. One coming fall 2026. One nearly cost her her life. Both could save yours.
Pay Attention
Trust Your Gut
Don't Brush It Off
In the summer of 1985, Jennifer and her brother were given days to live in a Florida hospital. The doctors had run out of answers. Her grandmother hadn't — because she had read something in a magazine and refused to brush it off.
Part memoir, part public health warning, Bitten weaves Jennifer's survival story through everything you need to know about the growing tick crisis — from Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to Alpha-Gal Syndrome, anaplasmosis, and a Congressional investigation into whether the government weaponized ticks.
Emergency room visits for tick bites are at a nine-year high. The first documented death from a tick-caused meat allergy happened in November 2025. The ticks are not going away. This book tells you what to do about it.
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Jennifer had to fight just to get her husband tested. Then, when his testosterone came back at a level of 3, she advocated and got him in front of the right people when the system was failing her. It took two years before they found his pituitary tumor. It was the size of a grape, just as she'd suspected all along. He had brain surgery. He is alive. This is the book she couldn't find when she needed it.
"My grandmother was not a medical professional. She was someone who saw something and spoke up. She refused to brush it off. She saved our lives."
I'm a writer, survivor, and advocate based in Puyallup, Washington. At age eight I was given one day to live from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever — a tick-borne illness that kills within eight days if untreated. My grandmother saved my life by recognizing my symptoms from a magazine article when the hospital had run out of answers.
That experience shaped everything about how I move through the world. I've spent my life paying attention to what the medical system misses, for my family, for myself, and now for my readers. I sat vigil through my brother's meningitis and was there every step of the way. For my dad, I pushed when he didn't want to be pushed, getting him to the hospital when he refused to go. For my husband John, I pushed to get him to the doctor and pushed for the testosterone test, suspecting a brain tumor before we even got back his level 3 result. Both are alive.
I'm just someone who doesn't brush things off.
Her first book Bitten launches July 13, 2026. Her second, Low Testosterone: The Pituitary Connection, follows in fall 2026.
I'm available for media interviews, podcast appearances, and speaking engagements.
Everything you need to know before you go outside this season in one printable page. Where ticks hide, how to remove them, and exactly what to say to your doctor.
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Jennifer is available for television interviews, podcast appearances, and speaking engagements. She brings a local Pacific Northwest story with national urgency — tick-borne illness is rising, and she survived it.
Local survivor with national story. Available for health segments on tick season, Alpha-Gal Syndrome, the Congressional tick investigation, and patient advocacy.
Book Jennifer →From survival stories to medical advocacy to the government's tick research program — Jennifer's story works across health, memoir, true crime, and women's interest formats.
Inquire →Advance review copies of Bitten available for media, bloggers, and organizations working in tick-borne illness, patient advocacy, or public health.
Request a Copy →Saturday, October 3, 2026
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
3827 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98373
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