Jessica Halsey

Writing Book One of The Slaughter Chronicles, Book One of The Heart of the Forest Cycle. Working on a new poetry collection and a sci-fi novella as well.

Biography

Jessica Halsey is the author of The Slaughter Chronicles. She lives in the Arkansas and writes preternatural urban fantasy, horror, and experimental poetry. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, a BA in Sociology from Randolph College.

Fun Facts

Hobbies

writing, reading, birdwatching, yoga, guitar, harmonica

Most Exotic Place Visited

Panama, Central America

What Shampoo Do You Use?

One with coconut oil.

Your Dream Car

Bugatti Veyron

Favorite Sport

Soccer

Mountains or Beach? Why?

Mountains. No jellyfish.

Pet Peeve

Self-centered people

Number of Published Books

Book that Changed Your Life

Catherynne M. Valente’s The Orphan’s Tales. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Patrick Rothfuss’s The Name of the Wind. China Mieville’s Looking for Jake and Railsea. And from the early days, Jack London’s White Fang and Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.