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Jessica Bell
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http://www.goodreads.com/jessica_bell
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| born |
February 26, 1981
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| gender |
female |
| place of birth |
Melbourne, Australia |
| website |
http://www.jessicacbell.com |
| genre |
Literature & Fiction, Poetry
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| influences |
[a:Margaret Atwood|3472|Margaret Atwood|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1282859073p2/3472.jpg], [a:Marilynne Robinson|7491|Marilynne Robinson|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1256021025p2/7491.jpg], [a:Raymond Carver|7363|Raymond Carver|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201118985p2/7363.jpg], [a:Gwen Harwood|615675|Gwen Harwood|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg], [a:Anne Lamott|7113|Anne Lamott|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201096743p2/7113.jpg] |
about this author
If Jessica Bell could choose only one creative mentor, she’d give the role to Euterpe, the Greek muse of music and lyrics. This is not only because she currently resides in Athens, Greece, but because of her life as a thirty-something Australian-native literary fiction author, poet and singer/songwriter/guitarist, whose literary inspiration often stems from songs she’s written.
Being the daughter of a semi-famous rock ‘n’ roll duo from Melbourne, she grew up surrounded by song. For a while it seemed logical to travel the musician’s path, especially when her first band, spAnk, hit it off in the Melbourne indie music scene back in the late 90s. Although she spent her years writing and recording dozens of songs she decided she also had a love for the written word, and began to pursue a career as a writer.
She started as a poet, drawing from her musical background and etching her thoughts and feelings into verse. Those stanzas soon turned into sentences and paragraphs, and eventually into published books.
The preface to her novel String Bridge describes in detail how music has influenced her writing. Her literary voice is said to overflow with “lyrical descriptions, unique metaphors, tight dialogue, and an abundance of sensory detail.” She has also been told she has the ability to take a seemingly ordinary three-chord type story and turn it into a main stage event.
In addition to her novel, String Bridge, and poetry collection, Twisted Velvet Chains, she has published a variety of works in online and print literary journals and anthologies, including Australia’s Cordite Review, and the anthologies 100 Stories for Queensland and Tiny Dancer: Shadows at the Stage Door, both released through Brisbane, Australia’s, eMergent Publishing. Visit her website for a full list of published works.
From September 2012, Jessica will be hosting the Homeric Writers' Retreat & Workshop on the Greek island of Ithaca, home of Odysseus.
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