Justine Musk
Justine Musk | |
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Born | Jennifer Justine Wilson September 2, 1972 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Author |
Notable works | BloodAngel |
Spouse | |
Children | 6[a] |
Website | |
justinemusk |
Jennifer Justine Musk (née Wilson; born September 2, 1972)[2][3][4] is a Canadian author.
Early life
Justine Wilson was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada and she spent most of her early life there. She attended Queen's University in Kingston 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.[1]
Career
Wilson is the author of the contemporary fantasy novel BloodAngel,[5] published in 2005 by the Roc Books imprint of Penguin Books. Her second book, Uninvited, was released in 2007 and is an unrelated work intended for young-adult readers. A sequel to BloodAngel, Lord of Bones, was released in 2008.[6] Musk was one of the first people to use a site like Pinterest to plan out a novel.[7]
In a 2007 interview, she identified Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Theroux, George R.R. Martin, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Neil Gaiman as authors to whom she could relate her writings.[8] She also described her books as cross-genre fiction.
Personal life
In January 2000, Wilson married Elon Musk. Their first child was born in 2002 and died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of 10 weeks. [1] [9] Through in vitro fertilization, she gave birth to twins in 2004 and to triplets in 2006.[10] On September 13, 2008, she announced that she and Musk were getting a divorce.[11] She and Musk share custody of their children.[1]
Wilson later wrote an article for Marie Claire 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 trophy wife.[1][12][13] In 2010, she described herself as a "model former wife", and said she was on good terms with Musk's then-wife, Talulah Riley.[14]
She has stated that she kept the last name Musk for the sake of their children.[15] In 2022, one of their twins officially changed her name to reflect her gender identity, and took Wilson as her surname because she no longer wished to be associated with Musk.[16][17]
Bibliography
Year | Title | Publisher | ISBN | Notes |
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2005 | BloodAngel | Roc imprint, Penguin Books | ISBN 9780451460523 | |
2007 | Uninvited | Paw Prints | ISBN 9781435223806 | |
2008 | Lord of Bones | Roc imprint, Penguin Books | ISBN 9780451462206 | Sequel to BloodAngel |
2009 | "I need more you", in The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2 |
Running Press | ISBN 9780762437962 | Short story in a collection of short stories |
2010 | "Lost", in Kiss Me Deadly : 13 Tales of Paranormal Love |
Running Press | ISBN 9780762439492 | Short story in a collection of short stories |
2016 | "Smalltown Canadian girl", in The House that Made Me: Writers Reflect on the Places and People that Defined Them |
Sparkpress | ISBN 9781940716312 | Short story in a collection of short stories |
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e Musk, Justine (September 9, 2010). ""I Was a Starter Wife": Inside America's Messiest Divorce". Marie Claire. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ Pierre Haski (May 28, 2015). "Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX): génie ou prédateur de la Silicon Valley?" (in French). Rue89.
- ^ "Justine Musk profile" (in German). Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "Justine Musk profile". isfdb.org.
- ^ "Justine Musk: Dark Urban Fantasy". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
- ^ "the decadents". Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ Orsini, Lauren Rae (March 2, 2012). "How novelist Justine Musk builds a fictional world on Pinterest". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ Goodwin, Geoffrey (October 2007). "Bookslut | An Interview with Justine Musk". www.bookslut.com. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ^ "Elon Musk's First Wife Disputes His Narrative About Their Dying Son". Daily Beast.
- ^ Justine Musk | TEDxUIUC (posted June 1, 2017)
- ^ moschus (September 13, 2008). "yes, divorce". minx. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ^ "Elon Musk's Mood Is Tied to His Romantic Partner's Hair Color, Tesla Employees Say". Observer. August 5, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ "Tesla's CEO Elon Musk Girlfriends and Wives: The Complete List is Here". The Current. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Kelly, Cathal (May 14, 2010). "Wife blogs about divorce from billionaire". The Star. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Star. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ "Elon Musk has finally spoken out about his personal life". Independent.co.uk. March 26, 2018.
- ^ Trotta, Daniel; Colvin, Ross; Doyle, Gerry (June 20, 2022). "Elon Musk's child seeks name change to sever ties with father". Reuters. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ "Santa Monica judge approves name, gender change for child of Elon Musk". ABC7 Los Angeles. June 25, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
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External links
- 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