Jessica Palmer

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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.

In England, Palmer has had 6 sf and fantasy novels published by Scholastic Books while in the US she had another 4 novels published by Simon and Schuster’s Pocket Books.

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 Starburst Magazines’ SF Top 200 in 1999 and Germany‘s Horror Lexicon published in 2001.

The Renegade World Series
  • Healer's Quest
  • Fire Wars
  • Return of the Wizard
The Factor Series
  • Random Factor
  • Human Factor
  • Final Factor

Sea Witch and Danger in Dallas (novellas).

Horror
  • Sweet William
  • Shadowdance
  • Cradlesong
  • Dark Lullaby.

Under the name Jessica Dawn Palmer, she has written two books on Native American culture, including; Animal Wisdom, The Definitive Guide to the Myth, Folklore and Medicine Power of Animals; and The Dakota Peoples: A History of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota through 1863.

Short Stories include: 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.

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 of America Newsletter, as have her columns Critter’s Corner, McPherson Sentinel, 2002-2005; Crew Cuts, Skeleton Crew 1990.

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