About the Author

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A Little About the Author

The Snapshot:

When Jessica discovered mystery novels with recipes, she knew she had found her niche.

Now Jessica is the award-winning author of best-selling cozy and classic mysteries. She is active in her local writing community and volunteers as the Finance Chair of the Storymakers Guild.

Jessica lives outside Austin, Texas with her husband and two children, plus her parents and their nearby cattle ranch.

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The Full Picture:

When Jessica discovered cozy mystery novels, she knew she had found her calling.

Now Jessica Thompson is the award-winning author of the Amazon best-selling culinary cozy mysteries in the "Caterer's Guide to Crime" series. Her classic mystery novel, "Shoot Shovel and Shut Up," won second place in the Firebird Awards and was nominated for a Whitney Award. She also curated several anthologies and contributed stories to more than a dozen others. Her new gardening cozy series, "Pierce and Green Mysteries," is due to debut in 2026.

Active in the writing community, she is a founding member of the Messy Manuscript Society and participates in two critique groups. Currently, she serves as the Finance Chair for the Storymakers Authors' Guild, and has presented craft classes at the Storymakers Conference in 2024 and 2025.

She began "Bittersweet Book Tours" to offer her book marketing skills to other authors by organizing virtual book tours including interviews, appearances, spotlights, reviews, and more. She has helped dozens of authors and editors get the word out about their books and services, spread their digital footprint, increase their social proof, and launch their books and careers.

As an avid home chef and food science geek, Jessica has won cooking competitions and been featured in the online Taste of Home recipe collection. She also tends to be the go-to source for recipes, taste-testing, and food advice among her peers.

In college, Jessica was a horticulture major, working in the greenhouse and was an award-winning arborist. She still loves wielding a chainsaw. She interned and entered the professional world as a landscape designer, working with both residential and commercial clients for companies both big and small.

Jessica lives in the suburbs of Austin, Texas with her husband and two children. When not writing, she’s getting her boots dirty at her parents' nearby Longhorn cattle ranch. Whether ranching, cooking,

or gardening, she sees it all as plot-inspiring

material for her next mystery.

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