Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore was born on April 19,1969 and is an American novelist.
11 Facts About Jessica Bird
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Under her maiden name, Jessica Bird, she writes contemporary romance novels, and as JR Ward, she writes paranormal romance.
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Jessica Bird is a three-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, once as Bird for Best Short Contemporary Romance for From the First and twice as Ward for Best Paranormal Romance for Lover Revealed and Dearest Ivie, and her books have been on The New York Times Best Seller list.
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Jessica Bird began writing as a child, penning her thoughts in diaries as well as inventing short stories.
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Jessica Bird then received a Juris Doctor degree from Albany Law School and worked in healthcare administration for several years, including as the Chief of Staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Jessica Bird found an agent, and in 2002 her first novel, a contemporary romance called Leaping Hearts, was published.
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Several years later, Jessica Bird invented a world populated by vampires and began writing single-title paranormal romance novels under the pen name JR Ward.
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Jessica Bird likens the process of creating a series to "meeting friends through other friends".
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Jessica Bird's heroes are most often alpha males, "the tougher, the cockier, the more arrogant, the better", while the heroines are smart and strong.
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Jessica Bird has been nominated six times for Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards, winning once for Lover Awakened.
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Jessica Bird was number 2 on the New York Times Bestsellers List of 2014.