It Takes a Village, “It’s a Boy, Women Writers on Raising Sons,” Andrea Buchanan, Editor, Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2005

Links, “It’s a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters,” Andrea Buchanan, Editor, Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2006

The One Year Marriage, “Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting,” New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013.

Abducted Vs Adopted, Huffington Post, Feb. 9, 2011.

Adoption Myth Buster, Huffington Post, Feb. 13, 2011.

The Memoir Dilemma, Huffington Post, Feb. 21, 2011.

Super Daughters, Super Powers, Huffington Post, Mar. 6, 2011.

Forgive the Unforgivable, Huffington Post, Mar. 12, 2011.

Four Ways to Manage Fear, Huffington Post, Mar. 16, 2011.

Let it Bee, “Right Here with You, Bringing Mindful Awareness into Our Relationships,” Andrea Miller, Editor: Boston, MA, Lion’s Roar, 2011.

In 2007, Lauck continued to explore her life further and discovered the impact of her adoption through studies with adoption experts Nancy Verrier, author of The Primal Wound, and Coming Home to Self, and Betty Jean Lifton, author of several books on the topic of adoption. After hiring an investigator, Lauck found her original birth family and reunited with them in 2008. Seal Press released her fourth memoir, titled Found: A Memoir & True Sequel to Blackbird, focused on the impact of adoption and Lauck’s reunion with her birth family.

Reentry, “Best Buddhist Writing 2007,” Melvin McLeod, Editor, Boston, MA: Shambala Press, 2007.

Not So Perfect, “Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined,” Andrea Buchanan, Editor, Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2006

September 11th From Abroad, “September 11: West Coast Writers Approach Ground Zero, Jeff Meyers, Editor, Portland, OR: Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts, Inc., 2002

Lauck is the American author of four books including the New York Times best seller Blackbird. Her writing has been published in the U.S. and around the world, translated into several languages. Much of her popularity began when she appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2000 and Winfrey held the book up to her audience saying, “This should have been a book of the month book. Read it now.” Blackbird debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list in November 2000, dropping off and then returning in January 2001.

The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Blackbird, October 2000

The Rosie O’Donnell Show, October 2000 for the release of Still Waters, October 2001

Radio/TV: Frankfurt Book Fair, 2000/2001 Radio/TV: Edinburgh, Scotland, 2001 Radio/TV: Glasgow, Scotland, 2001 Radio/TV: Denmark, 2001 Radio/TV: Finland, 2001 Radio/TV: Netherlands, 2001 Radio/TV: Sweden, 2001

Excellence in Journalism, Television, Society of Professional Journalists, 1988

First Place, General News Reporting, Society of Professional Journalists, 1988

Born in Reno, Nevada, Lauck split her early childhood between the states of Nevada and California, with her adoptive family. After her mother died in 1971, Lauck remained with her adoptive father and brother until her father died in 1973. At that time, Lauck was separated from her adoptive brother and raised in Nevada and Washington State, adopted a second time by the paternal side of her adoptive family.

Jennifer Lauck (born December 15, 1963) is an American fiction and non-fiction author, essayist, speaker and writing instructor.