Jessica Day George is an American author, who currently lives in Utah. She is a New York Times bestselling author, and she received the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Book by a New Author for Dragon Slippers. Her books and current published series include the Princess series, the Dragon Slipper series, and the Castle Glower series, as well as the stand-alone book Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. Many of her stories are adaptations of classic fairy tales, and have received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist Online, and others. George studied Old Norse at Brigham Young University. George is a Latter-day Saint. 

October 11th, 1976 in Boise (Age 48)