ennifer Snow is a USA Today Bestselling Author writing contemporary romance fiction for Grand Central Publishing, Entangled, and Harlequin. Her stories range in heat level from sweet to sexy and are set everywhere from big cities to small towns. Her books are light and humorous, but also full of heart, featuring families and communities readers love to visit over and over again.

Originally from Newfoundland, Canada, she now resides in Spain with her husband, son and three mischievous cats.

She currently publishes psychological thrillers under her pen name J.M. Winchester and writes screenplays and TV shows in her ‘spare’ time. Her holiday rom-com, Mistletoe and Molly, airs Christmas 2021!

As a USA Today Bestselling author, you’ve achieved significant success in the publishing industry. What do you attribute your success to, and how has your journey been navigating the competitive landscape of the literary world?

I think it all comes down to persistence and not wanting to do anything else with my life. I’ve always known I wanted to be a writer and that lack of plan ‘B’ pushed me to make sure I made that dream a reality. My writing career has had highs and lows, setbacks and challenges, but also so many rewarding moments that fuel the desire to keep going. Having a great support system with my family and the editors I work with has made the journey a lot smoother—I’ve very grateful to be able to have a career doing what I love.

In addition to writing novels, you’ve also worked as a screenwriter. How does your experience in screenwriting influence your approach to crafting novels, and vice versa?

I think screenwriting has helped me become a better writer overall as it requires a different skill set and a need to be a better plotter. When producers like to weigh in at various stages—starting early in the process with a treatment—it forces me to really figure out the story I’m trying to tell before diving in. The shorter format of a screenplay also forces me to write tighter and avoid those ‘saggy middles’ as the pacing needs to be on point. Having written so many novels prior to screenwriter taught me the fundamentals of storytelling, how to develop characters and a solid storyline. I already had the knowledge of how to tell a romance story with all the required beats that it was just a matter of learning a new format and adjusting to the screenwriting specifications.

Glimpse, also known as the book titled All Signs Point to Malibu, has recently been optioned for a film adaptation. Can you tell us more about the process of bringing your book to the screen, and what role, if any, you’ll have in the adaptation process as a screenwriter?

Glimpse actually started as a screenplay first, then I novelized it. With the new genre direction for me, I decided to write the story as a script first because I liked the shorter format and time commitment the script would take. If it didn’t work out the way I was hoping, it was less of a risk on my time to commit to the project. But once I had the script, I wanted to write more—develop the characters and the plot even further, get into the heads of the characters, so I decided to novelize it. Luckily, my editor at Canary Street Press loved the story as much as I did. I’m involved with the movie adaptation, which I’m very grateful for. We have a fantastic team of producers and a talented director involved and hopefully by the time this interview goes live, we’ll have announced casting. Having input in all of that is so much fun. It’s rewarding to see it come together.

This book and film have been compared to popular films like My Best Friend’s Wedding and About Time. How do you feel about these comparisons, and were these movies influential in shaping the tone or narrative of it?

I love both of those movies, but it was after writing Glimpse/All Signs Point to Malibu that I connected those titles as comps. I think the themes are similar in both, but different enough to give viewers/readers something fresh and fun.

Could you share a brief overview of your new book, All Signs Point to Malibu, and what inspired you to write it?

It is a speculative rom-com about a psychic life coach who uses her ability to glimpse into her clients’ futures to steer them toward the right path or away from the wrong one. When she sees heartbreak and devastation in her ex-boyfriend’s future, she’s determined to stop him from marrying the wrong woman by sabotaging the wedding from the inside. Too bad the best man knows she’s up to something and sets out to stop her. The two ‘enemies’ may or may not fall in love in the process…

Check out the July issue to read more…