Hello and welcome

Jennifer Junghans is an author and illustrator with a background in science and environmental journalism.

In 2025, she launched her imprint Kindest Owl Press to independently publish work that fosters well-being and compassion. Her first collection of workbooks helps children and women navigate divorce. Presently, she is at work on a quirky collection of children’s poetry filled with whimsy, play, and imagination.

Recently she expanded her creative practice into illustration, working in both realism and whimsical character art.

She holds degrees in biological sciences and horticulture and a certificate in creative nonfiction from the University of California, but she considers the intricacies, nuances, and surprises of life to be the best education.