Jessica Therrien is the author of the young adult series Children of
the Gods. Book one in the series, Oppression,
became a Barnes & Noble best-seller shortly after its release. Her trilogy
has been translated and sold through major publishers around the world, such as
Editions AdA (Canada), EditionsMilan (France), and SharpPoint Press (China).
Aside from her Children of the Gods series, Jessica is the author of a kid’s picture book called, The Loneliest Whale. Her award-winning
stories can also be found in a published anthology of flash fiction.
Jessica
is not only an author, but the co-owner of Acorn Publishing, a hybrid
publishing company that allows authors to keep their rights, royalties and all
creative control over their work. After her best-selling series was
traditionally published, Jessica learned that the conventional methods of publishing aren’t for everyone. She got
her rights back and started Acorn Publishing with her writing partner, Holly
Kammier. Check out what makes Acorn Publishing different by clicking here!
On a more
personal level…
Jessica spent most of her life in
the small town of Chilcoot, California, high up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
In this town of nearly 100 residents, with no streetlights or grocery stores,
there was little to do but find ways to be creative. Her mother, the local
English teacher, inspired her to do all things artistic, and ultimately
instilled in her a love for language.
In 2003, Jessica attended California State University Long Beach where her passion for language found her studying Chinese, and in 2005 she moved to Taiwan to study abroad. From 2005 to 2006 Jessica was fully immersed in the Chinese language as she attended National Taiwan University, and in 2008 she graduated from San Diego State University magna cum laude.
Jessica currently lives in Irvine with her husband and two young sons. She is working on an adult novel and a middle grade fantasy series.
