Jessica Palmer, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1953, writes science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror. She also has written nonfiction under the name of Jessica Dawn Palmer. 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 has written the columns Critter’s Corner, McPherson Sentinel, 2002—2005; Crew Cuts, Skeleton Crew 1990.