Jessica Grace Coleman was born in Stafford, England and raised in the nearby village of Little Haywood, a quaint English location that would later be remodelled into Beth Powers' home village in the Little Forest novels.

She studied Film Studies and American Studies at the University of Sussex in Brighton, and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder for a year as part of her course. A big fan of travelling, she has road tripped around North America and backpacked across China, South East Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

When not writing about ghouls and ghosts, Jessica edits Rock Pulse (www.rockpulse.co.uk), an online UK music zine, and has had the pleasure of interviewing many bands and artists in the past including The Darkness, InMe, Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup, HIM, Sugarcult, Less Than Jake, Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday and Funeral for a Friend.

Jessica has so far self-published four books in the Little Forest series: The Former World, Memento Mori, The Exalted and Carnival Masquerade. She has also released her first short story collection, Grown By The Wicked Moon, featuring 14 weird and wonderful tales. The Gloaming, the fifth installment of the Little Forest series, will be available soon.

You can find out more about Jessica, her available books, and her works in progress at her website: www.jessicagracecoleman.com