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Jennifer
Saterdal

Two books coming 2026. One nearly cost her her life.
Both could save yours.

Pay Attention Trust Your Gut Don't Brush It Off

The Books

Low Testosterone book cover
Coming Fall 2026

Low Testosterone: The Pituitary Connection

When the Number Doesn't Make Sense

When her husband's testosterone came back at a level of 3, Jennifer refused to accept the explanations that almost made sense. Two years later they found a pituitary tumor the size of a grape. He had brain surgery. He is alive. This is the book she couldn't find when she needed it.

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"My grandmother was not a medical professional. She was a woman sitting at home reading a magazine. She saved our lives."
Jennifer Saterdal, Bitten
Jennifer Saterdal

Jennifer Saterdal

I'm a writer, survivor, and advocate based in Puyallup, Washington. At age eight I was given one day to live from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever — a tick-borne illness that kills within eight days if untreated. My grandmother saved my life by recognizing my symptoms from a magazine article when the hospital had run out of answers.

That experience shaped everything about how I move through the world. I've spent my life paying attention to what the medical system misses — for my family, for myself, and now for my readers. I sat vigil through my brother's meningitis and was there every step of the way. For my dad and my husband John, I pushed when they didn't want to be pushed — getting my dad to the hospital when he refused to go, and spending two years pushing John to see a doctor, pushing for the right tests, and suspecting a brain tumor long before one was found. Both are alive.

I'm not a doctor. I'm something more useful in a waiting room: someone who doesn't brush things off.

Her first book Bitten releases Summer 2026. Her second, Low Testosterone: The Pituitary Connection, follows in fall 2026.

I'm available for media interviews, podcast appearances, and speaking engagements.
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Media

Jennifer is available for television interviews, podcast appearances, and speaking engagements. She brings a local Pacific Northwest story with national urgency tick-borne illness is rising, and she survived it.

Television & News

Local survivor with national story. Available for health segments on tick season, Alpha-Gal Syndrome, the Congressional tick investigation, and patient advocacy.

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Podcasts

From survival stories to medical advocacy to the government's tick research program Jennifer's story works across health, memoir, true crime, and women's interest formats.

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Review Copies

Advance review copies of Bitten available for media, bloggers, and organizations working in tick-borne illness, patient advocacy, or public health.

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