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Jessie Thomas

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Born

in Buffalo, The United States

Website

https://jessiethomasauthor.com/

Twitter

jessiethomas520

Genre

Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance

Influences

Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, Thomas Harris, Lois Lowry, Cat Winters

Member Since

May 2014

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Jessie hails from the land of chicken wings and snow, otherwise known as Buffalo, NY. She's an indie author who writes historical fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance.

Jessie earned a B.A. in Television and Film Arts at SUNY Buffalo State, where her full-length screenplay, POST MORTEM, was nominated for the Michael Collyer Fellowship Award in Screenwriting from the Writer’s Guild of America, East.

When she isn't writing, Jessie enjoys reading, watching and analyzing her favorite TV shows, discussing fictional characters, eating ice cream, and spending time with her pets. ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 849 ratings · 323 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Once Upon a Dark October 4.05 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss Me Deadly (Nickel City Necromancer #1) 3.89 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graveyard Waltz (Nickel City Necromancer #2) 4.33 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forest of Bones: A Short Winter Horror Story 3.81 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Ransom in Blood (Blood & Desire, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 42 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baptism of Fire (Playing With Hellfire #1) 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noontide Sun 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	500 Halloween Writing Prompts : Story Ideas for Spooky Season it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Midnight Requiem (Nickel City Necromancer #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

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Light My Pyre (Everwood Falls #1)

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The Roommate Risk (The Midnight Heat Collection, #2)

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“People often can’t see beyond their own comfort,”
― Jessie Thomas, Once Upon a Dark October

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“Trip was wearing sunglasses again. It was nine-thirty at night, for everyone keeping score at home.”
― Jessie Thomas, Kiss Me Deadly

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Jessie’s Quotes

“Picturing fanfic characters having sex? Great. Fine. Sexy. But picturing myself having sex with anyone, guy, girl, whoever, didn’t interest me. No – it was more than that. It was an immediate fucking turn-off.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

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