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Jess Lourey
Jessica Lourey (born May 24, 1970) in Paynesville MN. She is the author of The Toadhouse Trilogy: Book One, the first in a young adult series that celebrates the danger and excitement of reading. She also writes the critically-acclaimed Murder-by-Month Mysteries.

Jess has been teaching writing and sociology at the college level since 1998.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime, The Loft, and Lake Superior Writers, and serves on the national board of Mystery Writers of America.