Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

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^ a b 'Author Profile: Jessica Day George'.

South Carolina Association of School LibrariansĬhildren's Literature Association of Utahīeehive Book Award for Young Adult Fiction She has contributed to the writing podcast Writing Excuses as a guest author several times. George is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. George was on the New York Times bestseller list in May 2013 for Wednesdays in the Tower. Many of her stories are adaptations of classic fairy tales, and have received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist Online, and others.

Her books and current published series include the Princess series, the Dragonskin Slippers series, and the Castle Glower series, as well as the stand-alone book Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. In 2009, George was profiled in the bimonthly periodical magazine Mormon Artist. George has been the keynote speaker for writer's workshops and teen writing conference. George also runs the website 'Bookshop Talk', where she organizes and posts book reviews written by bloggers. Dragon Slippers was published in 2007 she still continues to write for Bloomsbury Publishing. Her first publishing offer came from Bloomsbury Publishing for her first draft of Dragon Slippers. Before she began writing full-time, she worked as a librarian and a bookseller. George also studied German, Norwegian, and Old Norse at BYU she studied these languages so she could read Viking sagas in the original written language. She later majored in Humanities and Comparative Literature at BYU. Having attended Brigham Young University (BYU), George is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is a New York Times bestselling author of Young Adult fantasy novels, and she received the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Book by a New Author for Dragon Slippers. Jessica Day George is an American author who lives in Utah.