Jenni Ogden and her husband live off-grid on spectacular Great Barrier Island, 100 kms off the coast of New Zealand, a perfect place to write and for grandchildren to spend their holidays. Her new novel, 'Dancing with Dragons', is the winner of the Gold Medal for Best Fiction, Australia/New Zealand-Aotearoa/Pacific Rim in the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Jenni and husband John often spend winters in Far North Tropical Queensland, close to Killara, the fictional home in' Call My Name', her third novel. Her debut novel published in 2016, 'A Drop in the Ocean', won multiple awards and has sold over 85,000 copies. Her second novel, 'The Moon is Missing', was published in 2020 and is set in London, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and on Great Barrier Island, NZ! Jenni-who holds a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology and was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the International Neuropsychological Society in 2015- is well-known for her books featuring her patients' moving stories: 'Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology', and 'Trouble In Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist's Casebook'.
