Jessica is a romance and fantasy author, investor, 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 one.
Jessica was born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, literally a coal 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.
Somewhere along the way, she fell in love with the stock market and the idea that regular people could quietly carve out their own financial freedom if they were just willing to learn. What started as curiosity turned into a second career and a personal mission: helping others understand money, investing, and how to claim their own corner of the financial world.
When she’s not writing, reading market charts, or working on a new project, Jessica spends her time lifting weights, dancing, gardening, and attempting to keep herself as strong and healthy as possible for as long as possible. In a previous life, she was a nationally ranked martial artist and a hurdler, which explains her lifelong belief that most obstacles in life are meant to be cleared, not avoided.
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 while she’s out tending her garden, usually covered in dirt and talking to her plants.
Jessica believes in living intentionally, taking care of your people, building something that belongs to you, and becoming someone your younger self would have been proud of. Her life’s work now centers around three things: writing stories people can disappear into, helping people become more financially independent, and sharing what she’s learned about building a life that feels like your own.
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.