Justine Musk
Justine Musk | |
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Born | Jennifer J. Wilson September 2, 1972 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
Genre | Fantasy, Science fiction, Horror fiction |
Notable works | BloodAngel |
Spouse | |
Children | 6 sons (1 deceased) |
Website | |
justinemusk |
Justine J. Musk (née Wilson;[1] born September 2, 1972[2][3]) is a Canadian author, and the first wife of entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Career
Musk is author of the contemporary fantasy novel BloodAngel,[4] published in 2005 by the ROC 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.[5] Musk is one of the first people to ever use a site like Pinterest to plan out a novel.[6]
Personal life
She married Elon Musk, founder of PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla Motors in January 2000. Their first son, Nevada, died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of 10 weeks.[7]
Through IVF, she later gave birth to twin boys, Griffin and Xavier, in 2004; followed by triplets Damian, Saxon, and Kai in 2006.[8] On September 13, 2008, she announced that she was divorcing Musk. She later wrote an article for Marie Claire about their relationship.[7] She claims to have been a "model ex-wife", on good terms with Musk's second wife, Talulah Riley.[9][10]
References
- ^ Pierre Haski (May 28, 2015). "Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX): génie ou prédateur de la Silicon Valley?" (in French). Rue89.
- ^ "Justine Musk (Justine Wilson)" (in German).
- ^ "Justine Musk profile".
- ^ "Justine Musk: Dark Urban Fantasy".
- ^ "the decadents". Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ Orsini, Lauren Rae (March 2, 2012). "How novelist Justine Musk builds a fictional world on Pinterest". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ a b Musk, Justine (September 10, 2010). "'I Was a Starter Wife': Inside America's Messiest Divorce". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ Elon Musk profile - Forbes Magazine
- ^ Kelly, Cathal (May 14, 2010). "Wife blogs about divorce from billionaire". The Star. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Star. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ Zennie, Michael (August 21, 2012). "PayPal founder Elon Musk gives his British [sic] actress wife just $4.2million in divorce... despite being worth $2BILLION". Daily Mail. UK: Associated Papers Ltd. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
External links
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Canadian fantasy writers
- Chick lit writers
- People from Peterborough, Ontario
- People from Bel Air, Los Angeles
- Elon Musk
- Writers from Ontario
- Canadian expatriate writers in the United States
- 21st-century Canadian writers
- 21st-century women writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Canadian women novelists