Dr. Jeri Fink was born into writing. When she was eight years old, scribbling stories into black & white composition books, she decided that she had to be a writer. She brings that passion wherever she goes - from her clinical practice to snow-mobiling on the Arctic Ocean.
Dr. Fink earned her first master's degree from Columbia University and worked as a free lance journalist. Her articles appeared in over 60 publications, including such prestigious newspapers as The New York Times and The Washington Post and national magazines like Redbook and McCall's. Her investigative writing developed a reporter's "sixth sense" in recognizing the signs of cultural change. This complimented her second masters and doctorate in clinical social work. She is among an elite 2% of social workers with doctorates - individuals skilled in both social work and psychology.
In 2001 Dr. Fink published her first novel, Virtual Terror, a psychological thriller about how a therapist opens an online practice and finds herself in deep trouble. Working with Donna Paltrowitz, Dr. Fink began the new young adult mystery-adventure series, Books by Teens. It is a unique project designed to bring the voices, experiences, and insights of teenagers into their own literature. Consequently, the first book in the series, Matthew's Web, was written with sixty teenagers from Mrs. Beth Epstein's seventh grade classes at Lawrence Middle School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The book was launched at the end of the school year - with the teens signing books and the community, including local and state dignitaries - joining the celebration. Dr. Fink is now working on a thriller with a new twist to school violence and the second book in the Books by Teens series.
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| Virtual Terror | Matthew's Web |