Janni Lee Simner

Who is Janni Lee Simner?

Janni Lee Simner is an American author of fantasy and adventure novels and short stories. She writes primarily for young adults as teenagers and upper elementary children. She is married to her husband, also an author, Larry Hammer.

Simner was interviewed on CNN in relation to the essay she wrote for the anthology Dear Bully. The essay itself had been a blog post that Simner had written about being bullied as a child. During the interview, she discussed her childhood and her schooling, along with how bullying had changed her life. She also discussed how she was contacted later in life online by one of her childhood bullies and they became friends.