Biography

Born in Westport, CT and resides in Los Angeles, CA with her husband Jefferson Allen and daughter Flynn. For more than eight years, Jen Garcia has served as an integral member of the PEOPLE's team that covers entertainment and celebrity news. As the West Coast Deputy News Editor and Deputy Movie Editor, she coordinates film coverage and PEOPLE's Awards Season coverage. In addition, she edits PEOPLE's One Last Thing section.

Some big entertainment cover stories that she has written include Reese Witherspoon's wedding, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's wedding, all the Kardashian family features including Kim Kardashian's engagement and marriage to Kris Humphries and wedding to Kanye West, and Jack Osbourne's multiple sclerosis diagnosis.

Jen Garcia regularly appears on television, most recently on Good Morning America, Today Show, CBS Early Show, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Extra and Showbiz Tonight. She can also be spotted regularly interviewing celebrities on the Red Carpet for People TV during awards season.

Second Place "Entertainment Journalist of the Year" 2013 Los Angeles Press Club

- IMDb mini biography by: Cecilia de la Paz