Jessica Day George

Jessica Day George
Jessica Day George in 2018
Jessica Day George in 2018
Born October 11, 1976
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Occupation Writer
Period 2007–present
Genre Young adult, Fantasy, Fairy tale
Subject Writing
Website
www.jessicadaygeorge.com

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.

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; she studied these languages so she could read Viking sagas in the original written language. Before she began writing full-time, she worked as a librarian and a bookseller.

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. George also runs the website "Bookshop Talk", where she organizes and posts book reviews written by bloggers. George has been the keynote speaker for writer's workshops and teen writing conference. In 2009, George was profiled in the bimonthly periodical magazine Mormon Artist.

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. Many of her stories are adaptations of classic fairy tales, and have received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist Online, and others. George was on the New York Times bestseller list in May 2013 for Wednesdays in the Tower.

George is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Bibliography

Dragonskin Slippers series

  • Dragon Slippers (2006)
  • Dragon Flight (2008)
  • Dragon Spear (2009)

The Princesses of Westfalin series

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.

Awards

Year Organization Award title,
Category 		Work Result Refs
2007 Whitney Award Best Novel by a New Author Dragon Slippers Won
Best Novel Nominated
Speculative Fiction Nominated
2008 Whitney Award Youth Fiction Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow Nominated
2009 South Carolina Association of School Librarians South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Princess of the Midnight Ball Nominated
Whitney Award Youth Fiction Nominated
2011 Children's Literature Association of Utah Beehive Book Award for Young Adult Fiction Princess of the Midnight Ball Won
Whitney Award Youth Fiction—Speculative Tuesdays at the Castle Nominated
Utah Center for the Book Utah Book Award—Children’s Tuesdays at the Castle Won
2013 Whitney Award Middle Grade Wednesdays in the Tower Nominated

See also