Jessica is a romance and fantasy author and lifelong student of how ordinary people build extraordinary lives.
She writes stories about dangerous love, impossible choices, power, fate, and the kinds of men and women who refuse to live small, quiet lives. Her books blend small-town romance, dark fantasy, obsession, loyalty, and the complicated reality of loving someone when the world is working against you.
But long before she was writing about strong women, she was becoming one.
Jessica was born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, literally a miner's daughter, and has spent most of her life in the same small town she still calls home. Though she tested the waters in other places over the years, she always returned to the slow pace, quiet roads, and stubborn independence of small-town life.
For over twenty years, Jessica worked as a bedside nurse in medical/surgical and inpatient mental health, caring for people on some of the best and worst days of their lives. During those years, while raising three daughters, she also earned her master’s degree in business along with several other degrees and certifications, building a life the long, difficult way — one shift, one class, one late night at a time.
When she’s not writing or working on a new project, Jessica lifts weights, dances, gardens, and finds new shenanigans to get herself into.
She has been married for over twenty years to her husband, has three daughters, two dachshunds, a pitty, a collection of cats, and a rotating cast of wildlife that regularly wanders through her yard.
If you want to talk about books, life, money, writing, investing, or how to keep tomatoes alive, she’s always around somewhere — usually with a Dr. Pepper, a dog at her feet, and more ideas than she knows what to do with. info@jessicawhitebook.com.