Jenny Gallifrey Joel Trout (née Jennifer Lynne Armintrout; born July 15, 1980) is an American writer best known for a series of urban fantasy novels known as the Blood Ties series, published by Mira Books.
Armintrout's Blood Ties series has been published in five countries, with the first volume making USA Today's top 150 book list.
Trout also publishes erotica under the pseudonym Abigail Barnette.
In 2015, Trout officially changed her legal name from Jennifer Lynne Armintrout to Jenny Gallifrey Joel Trout in part to avoid being confused with similarly named novelist Jennifer L. Armentrout, also born in 1980.
[3] Publishers Weekly positively reviewed The Turning, calling it "a squirm-inducing treat",[4] but stating that while American Vampire had an "unusual premise, there's not much to distinguish this from other dark paranormal romances".