| Jessica Verday is the New York Times best-selling author of The Hollow trilogy, the companion novel The Beautiful and the Damned, and the forthcoming Of Monsters & Madness. She believes a shoe isn't a shoe unless it has a three-inch heel, and nothing beats a great pair of boots. When not daydreaming about moving into a library of her own, she can be found working on her next story, redecorating her office, or buying vintage furniture. | 

| Jessica Verday is the New York Times best-selling author of The Hollow trilogy (Simon & Schuster), The Beautiful and the Damned (Simon & Schuster), and the forthcoming Of Monsters & Madness.

She wrote the first draft of THE HOLLOW by hand, using thirteen spiral-bound notebooks and fifteen black pens. The first draft of THE HAUNTED took fifteen spiral-bound notebooks and twenty black pens. THE HIDDEN took too many notebooks and too many pens to count.

A life-long book lover, and avid reader, Jessica wrote her first story when she was eleven. Titled "Bobby's Bazillion Bananas" it was about a boy named Bobby who planted a banana in his backyard where it sprouted into a banana tree overnight. There were - you guessed it - a bazillion bananas.

If she could have superpowers, she'd want x-ray vision and the ability to make cupcakes appear out of thin air. She really likes old couches, vintage chairs, yard sale junk, antique stores, and flea markets. |