Travel writer, storyteller, content creator - Jennifer Deborah Walker
BIOGRAPHY
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When asked, “What do you write?” Jennifer Deborah Walker often finds herself stumped. The mercenary response might be “Whatever pays,” but that isn’t entirely true.
Jennifer is an Anglo-Hungarian writer and ex-physicist who wears many hats. She spends her office hours leading the content and storytelling department at Publicis Groupe Hungary. She creates and oversees content for brands ranging from laundry to pharmaceutical companies, peppered with intriguing topics like pregnancy tests (can you get pregnant on your period or from pre-cum? She can answer that) and storyboards for male intimate grooming products. |
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In the past, she spent her days in Madrid researching the nuclear structure of tin and her nights engaging in amateur burlesque dancing. Now, she spends her time exploring Budapest and nearby cities such as Vienna, writing about them in guidebooks and articles for various magazines and websites. She co-founded Panel Literary Magazine in 2018, which has since evolved into an independent publishing house focusing on contemporary art and literature from Central and Eastern Europe. Jennifer’s writing also delves into unusual topics, such as how Hermann Hesse influenced the K-pop band BTS in an academic essay published by Boydell & Brewer in late 2024, quirky stories for Messy Nessy Chic, or surrealist fiction for niche journals.
Jennifer’s journey began with an academic background in physics, first studying Physics and Satellite Technology in the UK before she moved to Madrid to pursue a PhD in Nuclear Physics, which took her to various particle accelerators across Europe, including CERN, to research the nuclear structure of Sn-isotopes (a topic she still explores through her surrealist fiction). Midway through, she realized writing was her true passion. Completing the PhD in 2011, she largely set aside the scientist hat (though, people still come to her to write scientific content) and embarked on the precarious path of building a writing career, beginning with small online jobs and an internship at a newspaper in Tbilisi (Georgia). Upon returning to Budapest to reconnect with her Hungarian roots and the language, she started writing about the city. Her work has appeared in numerous outlets, including CNN Travel, BBC Travel, TimeOut, Lonely Planet, The Times, National Geographic Travel, and The Independent. She has co-authored several guidebooks; Moon Prague, Vienna, and Budapest (Hachette Books) covering Budapest and Vienna and contributed to a few coffee table books, such as Lonely Planet's Secret City, Global Distillery Tour, Global Coffee Tour, and Around the World in 80 Food Trucks, all while advancing a career in advertising. Jennifer Walker has been published in: |
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