Jenny Higgins is a Canadian author and researcher residing in Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador.
[2] Her debut novel, Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster, won the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award.
[5] Higgins has written pieces for CBC, the Memorial University's Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website, as well as other magazines and newspapers.
[6] Higgins attended the Memorial University of Newfoundland for her undergraduate program, earning a bachelor's degree in English.
[8] She is an organizer of "Wiki-Edit" events at the A.C. Hunter Library, with a focus on adding more information about the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to Wikipedia.