Jennifer Dornbush

The television or movie screen is the closest most people will ever come to witnessing the forensic world. But Jennifer Dornbush actually lived it. As a daughter of a medical examiner, whose office was in her home, she investigated her first fatality, an airplane crash, when she was 8 years old. Since that first case she has had decades of on-sight experience in death investigation and 360 hours of forensic training through the Forensic Science Academy.\n\nToday, Jennifer is a screenwriter, author, speaker and forensic science specialist. Her mystery novel, The Coroner, was released in 2018, with the sequel, Secret Remains, coming in early 2020. \n\nHer feature film, God Bless the Broken Road had a wide release in theaters in 2018. She also penned the novel adaptation for Howard Books/Simon \u0026amp; Schuster (released 2017). \n\nHer film and TV scripts have placed Jennifer on the short lists of the Fox/Blacklist TV Program, Final Draft Big Break, Nichols, Austin, American Zoetrope, and NBC’s Writers on the Verge. Her half-hour forensic comedy, Home Bodies, received a Humanitas’ New Voices Award. She developed a kid’s show with Baby First TV. Jennifer has also worked in post-production for Sony, HBO, and Paramount.\n\nWanting to share her love of forensics with other storytellers, she scribed non-fiction work, Forensic Speak: How To Write Realistic Crime Dramas, published by Michael Wiese Productions, hailed as a north star to creating authentic crime dramas and used by crime fighting and crime writing professionals alike. \n\nAs a forensic consultant, she is frequently asked to consult with TV writers on shows such as: \nBeauty \u0026amp; The Beast\nBull\nDeception\nHawaii Five-O\nLeverage\nPrison Break\nRectify\nRevolution\nSuits\nWhite Collar\nConviction\n \n\nJennifer hosts a YouTube channel on forensics and crime writing. She has also taught webinars on crime writing through Writer’s Digest; and collaborated with The Writers Store and Script Magazine to produce a video on crime writing for writers. She has taught screenwriting on the high school and university level and mentored writers through the Act One Program, Regent University, Azusa Pacific University, Asbury College, and Universita Catholica Milano.\n\nShe regularly teaches seminars on writing crime fiction for screen and novel, crime scene science, forensic fundamentals, and death investigation. She has presented at: The Writers Store, Great American Pitchfest, Crime Writers Weekend, Sisters in Crime, Greenhouse, Act One, Scriptwriters Network, Romance Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, Story Expo, American Christian Fiction Writers, Highbridge Film Festival, and Universita Cattolica Milano, Italy; Write Canada, the Pacific Northwest Writers Group, and Raindance Film School London. \n\n\nResources by Jennifer:\n\nBook - Forensic Speak: How To Write Realistic Crime Dramas - Michael Wiese Publishing\nhttp://mwp.com/product/forensic-speak-how-to-write-realistic-crime-dramas/\n\nVideo – “Everyone Can Spot a Fake: How to Write Authentic Crime Stories with Compelling Clues \u0026amp; Convincing Evidence” - The Writer’s Store\nhttps://www.writersstore.com/everyone-can-spot-a-fake/\n\nWebinar - “Forensic Fundamentals: How to Write Authentic Crime Stories” - The Writer’s Digest\nhttps://www.writersstore.com/forensic-fundamentals-and-new-trends-how-to-write-authentic-crime-stories/\n\n\nWeb \u0026amp; Social Media\n\nWebsite: www.jenniferdornbush.com\n\nFacebook: Forensic Speak\n\nTwitter: @JGDornbush\nhttps://twitter.com/JGDornbush\n\nNewsletter \u0026amp; Blog Sign up: www.jenniferdornbush.com\n\nMember: \nWriters Guild of America – WGA\nMystery Writers of America - MWA\nSisters in Crime - SIC\n