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Biography
JESSILYN STEWART PEASLEE is the author of four fairy tale retellings. Her debut novel, Ella, was awarded the Silver Quill by the League of Utah Writers, and her third novel, Finding Beauty in the Beast, was awarded the Gold Quill, both in YA fiction. She loves encouraging youth in their writing and in achieving their dreams, and has visited schools throughout Utah and surrounding states. Jessilyn graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in English. She grew up in Southern California in a family of avid readers, music lovers, movie quoters, and sports fans. She now resides in Utah with her amazing, science teaching husband and their five adorable, rambunctious boys. As you read this, she is probably folding laundry . . . or should be.
I’ve only read two of your books, but I love them!! ❤️❣️my personal favorite is finding beauty in the beast, I love the way you wrote it, and it inspired my own book, which unexpectedly became a series. Thank you!