Jessica Scott is an American author of contemporary military romance, supernatural suspense, and nonfiction about soldiers returning from the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan.
Biography
editEducation
editShe holds a PhD in Sociology from Duke University.[1]
Military career
editScott was a former Sergeant First Class before she commissioned at Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning.
Literary career
editScott is the author of the Homefront series[2] and the Falling series,[3] both about soldiers and veterans adjusting to life after returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her bestselling Falling series features soldiers integrating into life on college campuses.
She has also written for the New York Times "At War" blog, PBS POV, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.[4]
Her debut novel Because of You[5] launched the return of Random House's "Loveswept" digital imprint.[6] She was featured as one of Esquire Magazine's Americans of the Year for 2012.[7]
Bibliography
editComing Home series
edit- Because of You (2011)
- Anything for You (2011)
- Until There Was You - Loveswept (2012)
- I'll Be Home for Christmas (2013)
- Back to You - Grand Central Forever (2014)
- All for You - Grand Central Forever (2014)
- It's Always Been You - Grand Central Forever (2014)
Homefront series
edit- Come Home to Me (2014)
- Homefront (2015)
- After the War (2015)
- Into the Fire (Previously Forged in Fire) (2015)
Falling series
edit- Before I Fall (2015)
- Break My Fall (2016)
- After I Fall (2017)
- Until I Fall (2018)
Supernatural suspense
edit- The Long Night (2016)
Nonfiction
edit- The Long Way Home: One Mom's Journey Home from War (2013)
- To Iraq & Back: On War and Writing (2014)
References
edit- ^ "Women, Leadership & Military Service A Conversation with Jessica Scott". fsp.duke.edu. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "The Homefront Series". www.jessicascott.net. Archived from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "Jessica Scott: USA Today Bestselling Author". www.jessicascott.net. Archived from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "Jessica Scott - At War Blog". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "Digital Imprints Take Root". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "Random House Revives Loveswept as E-only Imprint". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "The Female Soldier Who Shamed Limbaugh". Esquire. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2017-01-06.