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Jessica Crawford Vernold is a 34 year old mother of four residing in Bradenton, Florida where she was born and raised. She is a fifth generation South Floridian. Her husband is also a Florida native. Jessica had a complicated upbringing with a single and troubled mother but she had many happy memories with her grandparents, who had a large part of her childhood. She says she couldn't have survived her childhood without her sister, Erin, and calls her a gift from above. Her grandfather wrote stories and was the best storyteller ever. He was known for his stories about leprechauns and claimed to be an angel until his passing. He truly believed that angels were among us.

Jessica earned her degree in Elementary Education while pregnant with her...more Jessica Crawford Vernold is a 34 year old mother of four residing in Bradenton, Florida where she was born and raised. She is a fifth generation South Floridian. Her husband is also a Florida native. Jessica had a complicated upbringing with a single and troubled mother but she had many happy memories with her grandparents, who had a large part of her childhood. She says she couldn't have survived her childhood without her sister, Erin, and calls her a gift from above. Her grandfather wrote stories and was the best storyteller ever. He was known for his stories about leprechauns and claimed to be an angel until his passing. He truly believed that angels were among us.

Jessica earned her degree in Elementary Education while pregnant with her first two children and was a working mother and student. She taught two years of first grade but decided to stay home with her third child after that, as he was not well as an infant. A few years later she had her fourth child and shortly after she wanted to return to work because the recession was affecting the family business and they were no longer able to make ends meet. Unfortunately, budget cuts made finding a teaching position impossible and over the next two years, her family lost their home and cars. They had no alternative other than to move in with a friend. The home only had one extra room that all six members of the family had to share. The children had to sleep on the floor in sleeping bags. It was during this time that Jessica became very depressed and the marriage was strained due to stress. Her husband pushed her to complete a book she had began two years prior. Jessica did not have any desire to pick it back up. She was hopeless.

One day for some reason she decided to open the file and read the first chapter she had written. She found inspiration and over the next several weeks she was engrossed in the story only stopping when she had to. She didn't even sleep much and tributes the book to her salvation from deep depression. It was an escape. When it was finished, she was very proud of the 90,000 word young adult paranormal romance she had written, but found it impossible to find a literary agent to agree to represent her work. So the book sat for a year. Her and her husband agreed the only option would be to self publish through a website. So they saved their money and he purchased a web site for her. Then she self published her book electronically to online stores and on her site. She owes her husband everything for believing in her and pushing her and supporting her. The most important thing is that people read and enjoy her work. But she secretly dreams that one day she will be published and see her dream come true in print.(less)

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