Jennifer E. Tirrell
Author • Speaker • Encourager
Stories of faith, family and legacy.
Jennifer’s Official Bio
Award-winning Author, Jennifer E. Tirrell is a kinship-adopted orphan who grew up to become a devoted stay-at-home mother. Her writing often includes the natural beauty around her. She uses creation and the Word of God to point both adults and children to the Creator. Her stories are shaped by faith, confirmed by history, and centered on Truth. With boldness and vulnerability, she invites you to merge your roots, purpose, and blessings—and live all-in.
Available for podcasts, interviews, women’s events, church gatherings, book clubs, and more!
Have a topic in mind? Jennifer is happy to tailor a conversation or presentation to your audience.
Meet Jennifer
Jennifer E. Tirrell is an award-winning author, speaker, and encourager who writes for both adults and children. Through fiction, children’s literature, articles, devotions, and speaking, she explores faith, family history, belonging, and the beauty of creation.
Her adult novel, Jane’s Secret, is a split-time story of mystery, faith, and generational legacy inspired in part by Jennifer’s own family history. Her children’s books include the award-winning bestseller Little Sprout Says Yes! and the Pets to the Rescue, A Cousin Crew Series.
Jennifer brings warmth, storytelling, Scripture, and practical encouragement to audiences, inviting them to consider not only the stories they have inherited—but the legacy they are creating for those who follow.
Her work has been featured in Focus on the Family, Lifeway, Guideposts, and other publications, as well as in multiple collaborations.
Podcast and Radio Show Appearances
All-American Book Club with Eden Gordon Hill, Start the Miracle with Linda Shepherd, Online for Authors with Teri M. Brown, The Leading Edge with Dr. Timothy Holder, Between the Lines with Jennifer Sienes, Life as Worship with Angela Mackey, Woman Behind the Words with Debbie Dufek, The Year I Read the Bible, episode 29 and The Year I Read the Bible, episode 32 with Laurie Larson
Upcoming: Your Best Writing Life with Linda Goldfarb
FEATURED BOOKS
JANE’S SECRET
SPLIT-TIME SUSPENSE • FAITH • FAMILY HISTORY • LEGACY
At the heart of Jane’ Secret lies a mysterious golden key passed through generations. Two women, separated by centuries but bound by blood, must uncover a family secret whose legacy reaches far beyond either of their lifetimes.
“Jane’s Secret is an effortless read for all ages, a story truly worth experiencing. I found myself
utterly captivated, unable to put it down until I uncovered every clue and found the answers right
alongside her.”
Ginger Sanders
Author, Speaker, Television Guest Co-Host
Billy Graham Rapid Response Chaplain
Little Sprout Says Yes!
ADOPTION • BELONGING • FAITH • FAMILY
Inspired by Ephesians 1:5, Little Sprout Says Yes! follows an imperfect little one-horned goat as he discovers where he belongs, and introduces children to the beautiful truth of adoption into God’s family.
Award-Winning Bestseller
“In ‘Little Sprout’ by Jennifer Tirrell we see again God’s gentle and welcoming hand. This colorful little book is an embracing gift to youth everywhere.”
Leo Hindery, Jr.
CEO, Author, Philanthropist
Book Awards and Recognitions
2026 America’s Birthday Hero, Golden Scroll and Christian Market Book Awards finalist
2025 Little Sprout Says Yes! Angel Award, Christian Indie Award, BIBA finalist, Best Book finalist
2024 BRMCWC Foundations Award, Duffy Goes to Heaven.
2023 ACWC Sparrow Award, Lucky Me.
2020 Chosen by the NH Poet Laureate to be included in Covid Spring, Granite State Pandemic Poems.
Memberships and Affiliations
Word Weavers International, Co-Founder and President of Coastal Carolina Chapter (2023-Present)
Focus on the Family
Advanced Writers & Speakers Association
American Fiction Christian Writers
North Carolina Writers Network
Let’s Connect!
For interviews and speaking inquiries, please email Jennifer at: jetirrell@writingwithjet.com
