Jessica Spotswood is the internationally-bestselling author of Great or Nothing and YA fantasy trilogy The Cahill Witch Chronicles. She is the editor of the feminist anthologies A Tyranny of Petticoats and The Radical Element, and co-editor of Toil & Trouble. Jess's books have been included on the ALA's Rainbow and Rise lists and chosen as Junior Library Guild selections. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, mystery author Stephen Spotswood, and she works at the DC Public Library.
This biography was last updated on 08/25/2026.
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