Justine Musk

Justine Musk
Born	Jennifer Justine Wilson (1972-09-02) September 2, 1972 (age 52) Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Author
Notable works	BloodAngel
Spouse	Elon Musk ​ ​ (m. 2000; div. 2008)​
Children	6[a]

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, 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 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 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]

She has stated that she kept the last name Musk for the sake of their children.^[14] In 2022, one of their twins, Vivian, officially changed her name to reflect her gender identity, and took Wilson as her surname because she no longer wished to be associated with her father.^[15][16]

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

1. One child is deceased.^[1]

References

1. Musk, Justine (September 9, 2010). "'I Was a Starter Wife': Inside America's Messiest Divorce". Marie Claire. Archived from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
2. Haski, Pierre (May 28, 2015). "Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX): génie ou prédateur de la Silicon Valley?". rue89.nouvelobs.com (in French). Rue89. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
3. "Justine Musk profile" (in German). Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
4. "Justine Musk profile". isfdb.org. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
5. Musk, Justine. "Dark Urban Fantasy". justine-musk.com. Justine Musk. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
6. Musk, Justine. "the decadents". pinterest.com. Justine Musk. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
7. Orsini, Lauren Rae (March 2, 2012). "How novelist Justine Musk builds a fictional world on Pinterest". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on September 7, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
8. Goodwin, Geoffrey (October 2007). "An Interview with Justine Musk". bookslut.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
9. "Elon Musk's First Wife Disputes His Narrative About Their Dying Son". The Daily Beast. November 28, 2022. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
10. Justine Musk. TEDxUIUC. June 1, 2017. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019 – via YouTube.
11. moschus (September 13, 2008). "yes, divorce". livejournal.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
12. "Elon Musk's Mood Is Tied to His Romantic Partner's Hair Color, Tesla Employees Say". Observer. August 5, 2021. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
13. Kelly, Cathal (May 14, 2010). "Wife blogs about divorce from billionaire". TheStar.com Toronto Star. Toronto. Archived from the original on December 27, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
14. "Elon Musk has finally spoken out about his personal life". Independent.co.uk. March 26, 2018. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
15. Trotta, Daniel; Colvin, Ross; Doyle, Gerry (June 20, 2022). "Elon Musk's child seeks name change to sever ties with father". Reuters.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
16. "Santa Monica judge approves name, gender change for child of Elon Musk". abc7.com. ABC7 Los Angeles. June 25, 2022. Archived from the original on July 24, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Justine Musk at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database