Jennifer Ann Sinor is an American author and literary nonfiction writer and professor.

She primarily writes memoir, research-based creative nonfiction, and personal essays that experiment with non-linear forms.

[citation needed] Her father, a naval lawyer specializing in international ocean law, was stationed in Hawaii several times as well as the Pentagon.

[citation needed] Sinor graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1987 with degrees in both English and Russian.

In 1995, she began her PhD in English and Education at the University of Michigan where she focused on women's autobiographical writing.