The romance novels were so compelling that Crusie changed her dissertation to focus on romantic fiction and decided to try her hand at writing some. To research the differences in the way men and women tell stories, Crusie vowed to read one hundred romance novels and one hundred men's adventure novels. dissertation was to focus on the impact of gender on narrative strategies. She has also taught courses at Antioch University, Wright State University, and Ohio State. Her junior and senior high school courses included art, Literature (touching on mythology, the Bible in literature, college composition, and British and American literature), as well as time spent directing the sets and costumes crews for the high school's drama department. She has taught all age levels, from pre-school through college, including 15 years in the Beavercreek, Ohio public school system. They have one daughter, Mollie, who now runs all of the Crusie Web sites.Ĭrusie had long planned to be a teacher. He was soon transferred to Dayton, Ohio and they have since divorced. in feminist criticism and nineteenth century British and American literature at Ohio State University.Ĭrusie married in 1971, and followed her Air Force husband to Wichita Falls, Texas. She has also completed work towards a Ph.D. Her second master's degree is an MFA in Fiction from Ohio State University. For her first, from Wright State University in Professional Writing and Women's Literature, Crusie wrote a thesis on the role of women in mystery fiction. Crusie has spent much of her life and currently resides in Ohio.Ĭrusie was graduated from Wapakoneta High School, and then earned a bachelor's degree in Art Education from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

'Jenny,' as she is called, chose to honor her maternal grandmother by writing under her grandmother's maiden name, Crusie. Crusie was born as Jennifer Smith in Wapakoneta, Ohio to Jack and JoAnn Smith.

Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie