Author, Educator.

Listen to samples of Jen's fiction at The Resilient Creative here & here. 

​JEN KNOX  is the founder / director of Unleash Creatives and an award-winning writer of short fiction and essays and an educator, with work in such journals as Room Magazine, CutBank, Chicago Tribune, McSweeney’s Internet Quarterly, Saturday Evening Post, New Winning Writers, The Best Small Fictions, and elsewhere. ​Winner of the Montana Prize for the Essay, the San Miguel Essay Prize, the Press American Award for Prose, and the Steel Toe Books Award, her other honors include grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the Greater Columbus Arts Council and residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, and the Ou Gallery. Jen holds an MFA from Bennington and is at work on a collection of essays. Her first historical novel, Radicals, will be published by Library Tales/Simon & Schuster late 2026. Her first novel, We Arrive Uninvited, is available from Steel Toe Books. Jen writes The Resilient Creative where she posts meditations and prompts and invites writers to join monthly creativity circles. ​

Jen's training and experience:

MFA, Bennington College, BA, Otterbein University

Credential in Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School

Lecturer, The Ohio State University

ICF-Certified Professional Coach

Former Lecturer, San Antonio Community College

Former Program Director, Gemini Ink

200hr through Uplifted™ Yoga YTT

Meditation instructor at Aura and Insight Timer

Science of Well-Being Course at Yale University​

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