Jessica Day George

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-06

Jessica Day George is an American author of young adult fantasy, born on October 11, 1976, in Boise, Idaho, and living in Utah. She is a New York Times bestselling author. She attended Brigham Young University, where she majored in Humanities and Comparative Literature and studied German, Norwegian and Old Norse. Before writing full-time she worked as a librarian and a bookseller. Many of her stories adapt classic fairy tales. Her first publishing offer came from Bloomsbury for Dragon Slippers, and she continues to write for that publisher. Her other series include the Princess books (Princess of the Midnight Ball, 2009, onward) and the Castle Glower series (Tuesdays at the Castle, 2011, onward), and she has also written standalone novels such as Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow (2008).

Universe(s)

Books

• Dragon Slippers (2007) · Dragon Slippers Core Canon
• Dragon Flight (2008) · Dragon Slippers Core Canon
• Dragon Spear (2009) · Dragon Slippers Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 won)

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