Jessica Day George
American author (born 1976)
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Jessica Day George (born October 11, 1976) is an American author who lives in Utah. She is a New York Times bestselling author of Young Adult fantasy novels, and she received the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Book by a New Author for Dragon Slippers. Having attended Brigham Young University (BYU), George is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Jessica Day George in 2018 | |
| Born | October 11, 1976 Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Period | 2007–present |
| Genre | Young adult, Fantasy, Fairy tale |
| Subject | Writing |
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Biography
Jessica Day George was raised in Idaho. She later majored in Humanities and Comparative Literature at BYU. George also studied German, Norwegian, and Old Norse at BYU;[1][2] she studied these languages so she could read Viking sagas in the original written language.[3] Before she began writing full-time, she worked as a librarian and a bookseller.[3]
Her first publishing offer came from Bloomsbury Publishing for her first draft of Dragon Slippers. Dragon Slippers was published in 2007; she still continues to write for Bloomsbury Publishing.[1] George also runs the website "Bookshop Talk", where she organizes and posts book reviews written by bloggers.[4] George has been the keynote speaker for writer's workshops and teen writing conference.[5][6] In 2009, George was profiled in the bimonthly periodical magazine Mormon Artist.[7][8]
Her books and current published series include the Princess series, the Dragonskin Slippers series, and the Castle Glower series, as well as the stand-alone book Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow.[9] Many of her stories are adaptations of classic fairy tales, and have received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[10][11][12] Booklist Online,[13][14] and others. George was on the New York Times bestseller list in May 2013 for Wednesdays in the Tower.[15]
George is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[16]
Bibliography
Dragonskin Slippers series
- Dragon Slippers (2006)
- Dragon Flight (2008)
- Dragon Spear (2009)
The Princesses of Westfalin series
- Princess of the Midnight Ball (2009)
- Princess of Glass (2010)
- Princess of the Silver Woods (2012)
Castle Glower series
- Tuesdays at the Castle (2011)
- Wednesdays in the Tower (2013)
- Thursdays with the Crown (2014)
- Fridays with the Wizards (2015)
- Saturdays at Sea (2017)
The Rose Legacy series
- The Rose Legacy (2018)
- The Queen's Secret (2019)
- The Rider's Reign (2020)
Standalone books
- Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow (2008)
- Silver in the Blood (2015)
Podcasts
She has contributed to the writing podcast Writing Excuses as a guest author several times.[19][20][21]
Awards
| Year | Organization | Award title, Category |
Work | Result | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Whitney Award | Best Novel by a New Author | Dragon Slippers | Won | [22] |
| Best Novel | Nominated | [23] | |||
| Speculative Fiction | Nominated | [23] | |||
| 2008 | Whitney Award | Youth Fiction | Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow | Nominated | [24] |
| 2009 | South Carolina Association of School Librarians | South Carolina Young Adult Book Award | Princess of the Midnight Ball | Nominated | [25] |
| Whitney Award | Youth Fiction | Nominated | [26] | ||
| 2011 | Children's Literature Association of Utah | Beehive Book Award for Young Adult Fiction | Princess of the Midnight Ball | Won | [27] |
| Whitney Award | Youth Fiction—Speculative | Tuesdays at the Castle | Nominated | [28] | |
| Utah Center for the Book | Utah Book Award—Children’s | Tuesdays at the Castle | Won | [29] | |
| 2013 | Whitney Award | Middle Grade | Wednesdays in the Tower | Nominated | [30] |