Jennifer McMahon (born 1968 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a novelist living in Barre (city), Vermont. Her debut novel, Promise Not to Tell, was published by Harper Paperbacks (an imprint of HarperCollins) in April 2007. Promise Not to Tell was described by Publishers Weekly as "Part mystery-thriller and part ghost story" [1]. It was released in Germany by Rowohlt Verlag, under the title Das Madchen Im Wald (The Girl in the Woods), in October 2007. Orion Publishing Group will be publishing Promise Not to Tell in the United Kingdom in 2008. McMahon has a book of lesbian teen fiction, entitled My Tiki Girl, slated for release by Dutton Children's (an imprint of Penguin Group) in May 2008. She also has another crime novel for adults, Island of Lost Girls coming from HarperCollins in April 2008. McMahon participates occasionally in a literary group blog called The Debutante Ball.
