Jennifer Justine Musk (''née'' Wilson; born September 2, 1972) is a Canadian author.

Early life

Justine Wilson was born in

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, Canada and she spent most of her early life there. She attended Queen's University in

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and obtained a degree in English literature. She then moved to Japan where she taught English as a second language (ESL) before finally settling in California.

Career

Wilson is the author of the contemporary fantasy novel '' BloodAngel'', published in 2005 by the

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imprint of

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to plan out a novel. In a 2007 interview, she identified

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, Joyce Carol Oates,

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, and

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as authors to whom she could relate her writings. She also described her books as cross-genre fiction.

Personal life

In January 2000, Wilson married

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. Their first child was born in 2002 and died of

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at the age of 10 weeks. Through

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, she gave birth to twins in 2004 and to triplets in 2006. On September 13, 2008, she announced that she and Musk were getting a divorce. She and Musk share custody of their children. Wilson later wrote an article for ''

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'' detailing ways in which she thought the marriage was unhealthy such as Musk's dismissal of her career ambitions, his description of himself as the " alpha" in the relationship, and his pressure for her to become a

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. In 2010, she described herself as a "model former wife", and said she was on good terms with Musk's then-wife,

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. She has stated that she kept the last name Musk for the sake of their children. In 2022, one of their twins officially changed her name to reflect her

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, and took Wilson as her surname because she no longer wished to be associated with Musk.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Musk, Justine 1972 births Living people 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian expatriate writers in the United States Canadian fantasy writers Canadian women novelists Chick lit writers People from Peterborough, Ontario People from Bel Air, Los Angeles Women science fiction and fantasy writers Writers from Ontario Musk family