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Author Puts Students On Write Track During Tampa Visit

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By MICHELE SAGER | The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 24, 2008

CARROLLWOOD - Jennifer Anne Kogler wanted to be a writer since she was old enough to etch her first words.

She studied at Princeton, traveled Europe and published two successful novels before age 26. But Kogler admits her prose hasn't always been riveting.

"When I was little, I would publish my own newspaper called the Kogler Chronicles," she said. "It had a circulation of one - my parents. One edition, I wrote an expose on why my brother never flushed the toilet. It's embarrassing that my parents saved them all these years."

She recently shared her childhood stories with students at Ben Hill Middle School. The author visited the school as part of the book tour for her latest novel, "The Otherworldlies." The book is about an awkward teen who struggles to make friends but soon discovers she has hidden powers.

Kogler has visited 60 middle schools in 41 cities, reading passages from the book and discussing her love of reading and writing with more than 33,000 students.

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