Jennifer A. Boyd
writing as Jennifer Boyd
Jennifer Boyd is an award-winning author and preservationist, writing memoir, architectural histories, and darkly satirical psychological fiction inspired by real places and true events, She lives in Austin, Texas.
The Gingerbread Asylum
As the nation's state asylums close for good in the 1990s, released patients wash ashore in Ocean Haven, a faded, Victorian seaside resort. Nimby outrage, small-time corruption, and unintended consequences of a mental health revolution fuel this character-driven suspense in the heart of Americana.to be released June 2, 2026
A Home Renovators Guide for Historic Ocean Grove
By the 1980s, Ocean Grove’s National Historic District hung in the balance: a toll of fires, storms, demolitions, and political indifference was hastening the disappearance of its irreplaceable architectural fabric. Jennifer Boyd’s entertaining account of her family’s old-house renovations intertwines with the a Victorian architectural style guide and the larger grassroots crusade to protect a beloved 19th-century seaside resort.
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