Bio

Meet the author

Jess Gray grew up outside Montrose, Colorado, surrounded by the mountains that continue to inspire her stories. Her first book, Trinity Stone, began while she owned a barber shop in Crested Butte.

Jess painted Under Siege for her best friend’s bathroom and felt the painting needed a story. Then 2020 happened, and that idea grew into a middle-grade fantasy adventure—the first book in The Witch of the Sea trilogy.

Jess’s rescue dog, Wile E. though, to be perfectly clear, Wile E. rescued Jess. She keeps her company, usually curled up by her feet while she writes. Wile E. will also star in Jess’s upcoming book, The Wide-Mouthed Dog: Wile E. Smiley Coyote.

When she isn’t writing, Jess enjoys painting and spending time with family and friends in Colorado’s mountain towns.