the journey From Book to screen
2022: Jennifer landed on Hollywood's radar after winning the Academy Nicholl Fellowship for her original screenplay, Into the Deep Blue.
2025: She released her debut novel in North America, which quickly went global after foreign rights sold at auction across seven countries, including Germany, Brazil, and France.
2026: Taking full creative ownership, Jennifer wrote and produced the feature film adaptation, steering the project all the way through filming alongside leads Damian Hardung and Sara Waisglass.
Jennifer Archer is a Toronto-based author, screenwriter, and producer. She was a recipient of the 2022 Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting—the industry’s most prestigious prize—for her screenplay Into the Deep Blue. Her debut novel of the same name was released in North America in late 2025 and has become a global success, sold at auction in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal, following a notable pre-empt in Brazil. She is currently serving as a producer on the film adaptation.
Jennifer writes stories rooted in reality with just a hint of magic because what’s life without a little magic? Her stories are always full of adventure, heartache, and hope.
When she’s not writing, she’s hiding behind a book, re-watching Pride and Prejudice, or trying to find peace in nature (really trying).
Drop her a line anytime!
I’m a Cancer sun, Virgo rising which makes me a highly organized, task-oriented hermit—great for writing.
One day my university roommate made a cake. When I asked her why, she said, ‘Because I want cake.’ There was no turning back after that. But my secret cake sin is that I don’t love the icing and take most of it off… shhh.
After I read The Fault In Our Stars, I sobbed through an entire family dinner. The dinner was spaghetti. It was a messy combination
Season ranking: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. I love Halloween, and decorate way too early, but honestly ghosts exist year round in my writing room.
My grandmother was Russian. Her father was a Baron. My grandfather was Polish. Their love story is epic and sweeping and feels a bit like my gravity. (Maybe one day I’ll write about it.) I’m so lucky to have spent much of my youth with them.
