Justine Musk
Canadian author (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jennifer Justine Musk (née Wilson; born September 2, 1972) is a Canadian author. She is the first ex-wife of businessman Elon Musk.
Justine Musk | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jennifer Justine Wilson September 2, 1972 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
| Notable works | BloodAngel |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 6,[a] including Vivian Wilson |
Early life
Jennifer Justine Wilson was born on September 2, 1972,[2][3][4] in Peterborough, Ontario, and spent most of her early life there. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and obtained a degree in English literature.
Career
After college, Wilson moved to Japan, teaching English as a second language (ESL). She subsequently settled in California.[1]
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] Wilson 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 (SIDS) at the age of 10 weeks.[1][9] Through in vitro fertilization, she gave birth to twins in 2004 and triplet boys in 2006.[10] On September 13, 2008, she announced that she and Musk were getting a divorce.[11] She and Musk shared custody of their children.[1]
Wilson later wrote an article for Marie Claire detailing ways 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] In 2010, she described herself as a "model former wife", and said she was on good terms with Musk's then-wife, Talulah Riley.[13][14]
She has said that she kept the last name Musk for their children's sake.[15] In 2022, one of their twins officially changed her name to Vivian to reflect her gender identity and took Wilson as her surname because she no longer wished to be associated with her father.[16][17][18]
Bibliography
| Year | Title | Publisher | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- One child is deceased.[1]
References
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