Jessica Palmer

Jessica Palmer (born 1953) is an American author who writes science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror. She also has written nonfiction under her full name of Jessica Dawn Palmer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, her works have been translated into Norwegian, Japanese, Italian, Russian and Romanian. Her novellas were released in Holland. Dark Lullaby was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for best first novel in 1989. Palmer was listed in Starburst magazine’s SF Top 200 in 1999 and Germany's Horror Lexicon published in 2001.

Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines, such as:

• Horror? No Thank You, I Just Ate; SF Nexus, March 1994
• So You Want To Be A Writer, Spring 1992, Nexus
• Anne McCaffrey, Dragons and Beyond, May 1991, Millions Magazine
• Anne McCaffrey, the Woman and the Writer, December 1990, Midnight Experiences.
• All Alone in the Dark, Fear Magazine, September, 1989, reprinted in the Horror Writers Association Newsletter

She currently works as a Crime Writer for the Roswell Daily Record in Roswell, New Mexico, the land of little green men. In the 1970/80s, she has worked at a journalist at the Pasadena Citizen and the Brazosport Facts in Texas. She has done freelance work for Associated Press and UPI. In addition, Palmer has written the columns Critter’s Corner, McPherson Sentinel, 2002–2005; Crew Cuts, Skeleton Crew 1990.

In 2001, Palmer founded a 501(c)3 charity Wild and Wooly dedicated to wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. She has a federal permit to work with wildlife and has held state permits in Kansas, Florida and in New Mexico. Palmer has treated all sorts of animals, from alligators and owls to eagles, squirrels and bobcats to deer.

Bibliography

Non-fiction (under the name Jessica Dawn Palmer)

• Animal Wisdom, The Definitive Guide to the Myth, Folklore and Medicine Power of Animals - Harper Collins (Mar 19 2001) ISBN 0007102186 978-0007102181
• The Dakota Peoples: A History of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota through 1863 - McFarland (January 2008) ISBN 0786431776 978-0786431779

The Renegade World Series

• Healer's Quest - Mundania Press (December 2007) ISBN 1594264686 978-1594264689
• Fire Wars - Scholastic (May 20, 1994) ISBN 0590554913 978-0590554916
• Return of the Wizard - Point (May 19, 1995) ISBN 0590558579 978-0590558570

The Factor Series

• Random Factor - Scholastic (Jun 16 1994) ISBN 0590556657 978-0590556651
• Human Factor - Scholastic Point (Nov 15 1996) ISBN 0590133853 978-0590133852
• Final Factor - Scholastic Children (Dec 11 1998) ISBN 0590195395 978-0590195393

Sea Witch and Danger in Dallas (novellas).

Horror

• Sweet William - Pocket Books (November 1995) ISBN 0671880179 978-0671880170
• Shadowdance - Pocket Books (Mar 1994) ISBN 0671787152 978-0671787158
• Cradlesong - Pocket Books (May 1993) ISBN 0671734210 978-0671734213
• Dark Lullaby - Pocket Books (May 1991) ISBN 0671703099 978-0671703097

Short Stories

• Heavenly Bodies, December 1998, Infinity Plus.
• What the Dickens, Substance Magazine, September 1995.
• Cinderella Revisited, Weirdbook, W. Paul Ganley Publishing, Summer 1994.
• No Good Turn, Dark Hour, Summer 1994.
• Full Moon Rising, London Noir,(anthology) Serpent's Tail, June 1994.
• Ortygia, Interzone, September 1994.
• Lex Talonis, Royal Crimes (anthology), New American Library, New York, June 1994.
• Just Desserts, Constable New Crimes 2 (anthology), Constable, London; June 1994.
• Presentiment's Hands, Peeping Tom magazine, Fall 1993.
• Last Laugh, Weirdbook, Fall 1993;
• Quiet is the Night, Vampire Stories (anthology) Michael O'Mara Books, Ltd, October 1992.
• Redemption, Constable New Crimes, (anthology) Constable, September, 1992.
• The Tape, Final Shadows (anthology) released by Doubleday in 1991.
• The Gift, October 1990 issue of Cemetery Dance.
• Graven Images, March 1990 of Fear magazine.

Sources

• http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/misc/jp.htm
• http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/jessica-palmer/
• http://www.allreaders.com/
• http://www.sfbooklist.co.uk/indexp.html

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