Dana Jennings (who has also written as Dana Andrew Jennings) is a senior staff editor at The New York Times, as well as an acclaimed author. His books include What a Difference a Dog Makes: Big Lessons on Life, Love and Healing from a Small Pooch; Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music; Me, Dad and Number 6; Lonesome Standard Time; Women of Granite; and Mosquito Games. At the Times since 1993, Jennings has written or edited for Sports, Arts and Leisure, New Jersey weekly, Travel, the City section, Education Life, Culture, The New York Times Book Review, and Escapes.

Education and career

Jennings was born in October 1957. He grew up in the rural town of Kingston, New Hampshire. He was the first in his family to go to high school, graduating as valedictorian of Sanborn Regional High School in 1975. He then graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1980. Jennings began his career in journalism at the Exeter News-Letter; he later wrote for the New Hampshire Union Leader, Wall Street Journal and New York Times. He is the author of six books across both fiction and non-fiction. Jennings was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer in 2008, and he wrote about his illness and recovery extensively for the New York Times' Well Blog. Jennings is currently working on a graphic novel - "Toxic Youth: Memories of a Factory Boy" - a thematic follow-up to his 2021 sketchbook exhibit at University of New Hampshire titled Toxic Youth.

Personal

After almost 40 years in New Jersey, Jennings moved to Denver, CO, where he and his wife currently live. They have two grown sons and four grandchildren. Jennings can frequently be found walking among the bison in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

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Print journalism