Jessica Day George (born October 11, 1976) is an American author who lives in Utah. She is a New York Times bestselling author of Young Adult fantasy novels, and she received the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Book by a New Author for Dragon Slippers. Having attended Brigham Young University (BYU), George is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Jessica Day George was raised in Idaho. She later majored in Humanities and Comparative Literature at BYU. George also studied German, Norwegian, and Old Norse at BYU;^[1][2] she studied these languages so she could read Viking sagas in the original written language.^[3] Before she began writing full-time, she worked as a librarian and a bookseller.^[3]

Her first publishing offer came from Bloomsbury Publishing for her first draft of Dragon Slippers. Dragon Slippers was published in 2007; she still continues to write for Bloomsbury Publishing.^[1] George also runs the website "Bookshop Talk", where she organizes and posts book reviews written by bloggers.^[4] George has been the keynote speaker for writer's workshops and teen writing conference.^[5][6] In 2009, George was profiled in the bimonthly periodical magazine Mormon Artist.^[7][8]

Her books and current published series include the Princess series, the Dragonskin Slippers series, and the Castle Glower series, as well as the stand-alone book Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow.^[9] Many of her stories are adaptations of classic fairy tales, and have received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews,^[10][11][12] Booklist Online,^[13][14] and others. George was on the New York Times bestseller list in May 2013 for Wednesdays in the Tower.^[15]

George is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[16]

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She has contributed to the writing podcast Writing Excuses as a guest author several times.^[19][20][21]

• The Twelve Dancing Princesses
• East of the Sun and West of the Moon