Jemiah Jefferson

Jemiah Jefferson (born 1972) is an African-American author of contemporary horror and erotic literature. Jefferson currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

Works

Jemiah Jefferson's first printed work was St*rf*ck*ng, a collection of short erotic stories published by Future Tense Books. Her first full length novel was written in 24 hours in 1990.^[1] This eventually became Voice of the Blood, later published by Leisure Books in 2001 and then as an e-book in 2011. This was also Jefferson's first published work detailing the adventures of the vampire Daniel Blum.

More recently, Jefferson has written a series of novels. The second novel in this series, Wounds, was released in May 2002. The third novel, Fiend, was released in April 2005, and in 2007 Jefferson published A Drop of Scarlet. In 2010, Underland Press also published Jefferson's wovel FirstWorld.^[2] In September 2011, Mixtape for the Apocalypse was released as an e-book.^[3]

Jefferson has also written for Willamette Week, a free weekly paper in Portland, the GLBT publication Just Out, as well as Plazm, 2Gyrlz Quarterly, and Cafe 80s Magazine.

Education and Career

Jemiah Jefferson graduated from Reed College in 1994.^[4] Jefferson currently works in the editorial department at Dark Horse Comics and is a regular contributor to Popshifter.com.^[5]

Interviews

• "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Evil," Village Voice, 2002 ^[6]
• "Jemiah Jefferson: Implants, Vampires, and Funk," Idea Lab, 2010 ^[7]
• "HEIDI'S PICK SIX: Jemiah Jefferson," 2011 ^[8]

References