Jennifer I. Burge (born November 29, 1970) is an American travel memoirist and speaker on global living. Her books detail her life on four continents. Burge's 2014 debut

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, ''The Devil Wears Clogs'', chronicles her move from Cleveland, Ohio to Heidelberg, Germany and The Netherlands. The 2015 sequel, ''Singapore Salvation'', illustrates the reality of life as an American expatriate in Asia.

Early life

Burge was born in

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. In 1994, Burge graduated with a

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degree in

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from

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and moved to

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post graduation.

Career

Technology

Starting in 2000, Burge worked for an international

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which involved travel to Canada, Germany, and

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. She earned a

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certification in 2007. That same year, she relocated to

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

where she lived until 2011.

Writing

Burge began contributing destination pieces to ''The Guide'' magazine in 2010. In 2011, Burge moved to Australia and became a full-time writer in late 2012. She became a full member of the

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in 2013. Burge's first memoir, ''The Devil Wears Clogs'' was published in 2014. The sequel, ''Singapore Salvation'', was published in 2015.

Bibliography

* “Descending Into the Bay,” ''The Guide Magazine'', August 2010 * “Street Life,” ''The Guide Magazine'', August 2010 * "Mekong River Run," ''The Guide Magazine'', August 2010 * "In The Emperor’s Footsteps," ''The Guide Magazine'', October 2010 * “Ba Na Bliss,” ''The Guide Magazine, January 2''011 * ''The Devil Wears Clogs'', (2nd edition,

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via Worldwise Publications, January 2015) , * ''Singapore Salvation'', (Worldwise Publications, December 2015)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burge, Jennifer American travel writers American women travel writers 1970 births Living people 21st-century American women Memoirists from Ohio