Dana Jennings (who has also written as Dana Andrew Jennings) is an American journalist, who is an editor at ''

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'', as well as an

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. 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 and ''

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''.

Education and career

Jennings was born in October 1957.Dana Jennings
Living in the Post-Cancer Moment
''New York Times'' (February 2, 2010). He grew up in the rural town of

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.Dana Jennings
High School as New Frontier
''New York Times'' (June 20, 2009). He was the first in his family to go to high school, graduating as

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of Sanborn Regional High School in 1975.Doug Ireland
N.Y. Times editor, author visits his old high school
''Eagle Tribune'' (November 20, 2010). He then graduated from the

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in 1980. Jennings began his career in journalism at the ''Exeter News-Letter''; he later wrote for the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is the author of six books, including both fiction and non-fiction. Jennings was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer in 2008; he wrote about his illness and recovery extensively for the ''New York Times' Well blog''.Dana Jennings: His Cancer Story
Center for Health Journalism (November 18, 2009).

Personal

After almost 40 years in New Jersey, Jennings moved to

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, where he and his wife currently live. They have two grown sons and three grandchildren.

Partial bibliography

Novels

* ''Lonesome Standard Time.'' New York: Harcourt, 1996. * ''Women of Granite.'' New York: Harcourt, 1992. * ''Mosquito Games.'' Ticknor & Fields, 1989. ASIN: B000ONQ4K8

For Children

* With Goro Sasaki (illustrator). ''Me, Dad and Number 6.'' Gulliver Books, 1997.

Non-fiction

* ''Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music.'' (FSG, 200

* ''What a Difference a Dog Makes: Big Lessons on Life, Love and Healing from a Small Pooch.'' (Doubleday, 2010)

Print journalism

*ESSAY: "Religion Is Less A Birthright and More a Good Fit" by Dana Jennings. "The New York Times", 2 March 2008. * Review of ''Awesome Bill from Dawsonville: My Life in

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'' by Bill Elliott with Chris Millard. ''The New York Times'', 11 February 2007. * "ESSAY: After All These Years, A Red-Headed Stranger." ''The New York Times'', 3 July 2005. * "New York Action Hero." ''The New York Times'', 23 November 2003. * "MEDIA: At House of Comics, a Writer's Champion." ''The New York Times'', 15 September 2003. * "MUSIC: Treasured Moments, Living On in Boxed Sets." ''The New York Times'', 10 February 2002. * "Too Close for Comfort, and Too Far; A Murky Tunnel Full of Buses and What-Ifs." ''The New York Times'', 30 September 2001. * "The Magic of Comics! While Batman Turns 64, A Fan Goes Back to 9." ''The New York Times'', 27 August 2003. * "MUSIC: They Have a Right to Sing the Blues, and a Reason." ''The New York Times'', 13 August 2000. * "In Bayou Country, Music Is Never Second Fiddle." ''The New York Times'', 22 November 1998. * "Spanning the Globe: 60 Years With Lomax." ''The New York Times'', 13 April 1997. * "Gathering In a Reaper's Harvest of Song." ''The New York Times'', 13 April 1997. * "The Juilliard Of Bluegrass Music." ''The New York Times'', 5 January 1997. * "Remembrance of Things Fast." ''The New York Times'', 20 August 1995. * "POP MUSIC: Bluegrass, Straight and Pure, Even if the Money's No Good." ''The New York Times'', 23 April 1995. * "BACKTALK: A Son Grows a Little Older, a Father Grows a Little Younger." ''The New York Times'', 19 June 1994.

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