Bio
Jennifer Estep is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author who prowls the streets of her imagination in search of her next fantasy idea.
Jennifer is the author of the Galactic Bonds, Section 47, Elemental Assassin, Crown of Shards, Gargoyle Queen, Mythos Academy, Mythos Academy spinoff, Black Blade, and Bigtime fantasy series. She has written more than 40 books, along with numerous novellas and stories.
In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys hanging out with friends and family, doing yoga, and reading fantasy and romance books. She also watches way too much TV and loves all things related to superheroes.
For more information on Jennifer and her books, visit her website at www.jenniferestep.com or follow her online on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads, BookBub, Amazon, and Twitter. You can also sign up for her newsletter.
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The Galactic Bonds series (for adults)
The Galactic Bonds series focuses on Vesper Quill, a seer and lab rat who works in the research and development lab of a corporation run by a powerful Regal family. When Vesper uncovers a deadly conspiracy, she crosses paths with Kyrion Caldaren, a psion and an Imperium Arrow who is one of the most notorious killers in the Archipelago Galaxy. The series is perfect for readers who like space operas, soul mates, and enemies-to-lovers stories.
The Galactic Bonds series is a mix of science fiction and fantasy. There are psions — people with mental abilities like telekinesis, telepathy, and telempathy — along with seers, spelltechs, siphons, and other folks who can wield magic. The series also features spaceships, planets, blasters, and other technology.
Only Bad Options is told in first person from the viewpoints of both Vesper and Kyrion.
Books in the series are: Only Bad Options #1 — Only Good Enemies #2 — Only Hard Problems #3 — Only Cold Depths #4
The Section 47 series (for adults)
The Section 47 series focuses on Charlotte Locke, Desmond Percy, and other agents of Section 47, a secret government agency dedicated to spying on paramortals, or those with magic and other extraordinary abilities, like synths, enduros, combustos, galvanists, and more. The urban fantasy book is basically spies with magic.
Books in the series are: A Sense of Danger #1 — Sugar Plum Spies holiday book #2
The Elemental Assassin series (for adults)
Jennifer also writes the Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. The books focus on Gin Blanco, an assassin codenamed the Spider who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional Southern metropolis of Ashland. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, vampires, and elementals – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.
Books in the series are: Spider’s Bite #1 — Web of Lies #2 — Venom #3 — Tangled Threads #4 — Spider’s Revenge #5 — By a Thread #6 — Widow’s Web #7 — Deadly Sting #8 — Heart of Venom #9 — The Spider #10 — Poison Promise #11 — Black Widow #12 — Spider’s Trap #13 — Bitter Bite #14 — Unraveled #15 — Snared #16 — Venom in the Veins #17 — Sharpest Sting #18 — Last Strand #19 — Stings and Stones (short story collection)
E-novellas and short stories in the series are: Haints and Hobwebs #4.5 — Thread of Death #5.5 — Parlor Tricks #8.25 — Kiss of Venom #8.5 — Unwanted #14.5 — Nice Guys Bite #15.5 — Winter’s Web #17.5 — Heart Stings #19.5 — Spider and Frost #19.75
The Crown of Shards series (for adults)
Jennifer writes the Crown of Shards epic fantasy series for HarperVoyager. The books focus on Everleigh Blair, a member of the royal family who is distantly in line for the throne of Bellona, a kingdom steeped in gladiator tradition. But when the unthinkable happens, Evie finds herself fighting for her life—both inside and outside the gladiator arena.
Book in the series are: Kill the Queen #1 — Protect the Prince #2 — Crush the King #3
The Gargoyle Queen series (for adults)
Jennifer writes the Gargoyle Queen series for HarperVoyager. The books are set in her Crown of Shards epic fantasy world and focus on Gemma Ripley, the crown princess of Andvari, who protects her kingdom by moonlighting as a spy. But when Gemma encounters her mortal enemy on one of her spy missions, she realizes that everyone is playing capture the crown, but only one queen can sit on the throne.
Books in the series are: Capture the Crown #1 — Tear Down the Throne #2 — Conquer the Kingdom #3
The Mythos Academy spinoff series (for young adults)
The Mythos Academy spinoff series focuses on Rory Forseti, a 17-year-old Spartan girl who attends the Colorado branch of Mythos Academy. Rory’s parents were Reapers, which makes her the most hated girl at school. But with a new group of Reapers and mythological monsters on the rise, Rory is the only one who can save her academy.
This series stars Rory Forseti, Gwen’s cousin from Midnight Frost and Killer Frost, books #5 and #6 in the original series. Gwen is NOT the heroine in these books, although she and some of the other characters from the original series make cameo appearances in the spinoff books.
Books in the series are: Spartan Heart #1 — Spartan Promise #2 — Spartan Destiny #3
The Mythos Academy original series (for young adults)
The Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series focuses on Gwen Frost, a 17-year-old girl who has the gift of psychometry, or the ability to know an object’s history just by touching it. After a serious freak-out with her magic, Gwen is shipped off to Mythos Academy, a school for the descendants of ancient warriors like Spartans, Valkyries, Amazons, and more.
Books in the series are: Touch of Frost #1 — Kiss of Frost #2 — Dark Frost #3 — Crimson Frost #4 — Midnight Frost #5 — Killer Frost #6
E-novellas and short stories in the series are: First Frost #0.5 — Halloween Frost #1.5 — Spartan Frost #4.5
A Mythos Academy e-bundle is also available for the series. It features First Frost — Touch of Frost — Kiss of Frost — Dark Frost
The Black Blade series (for young adults)
The Black Blade young adult urban fantasy series focuses on Lila Merriweather, a 17-year-old thief who lives in Cloudburst Falls, West Virginia, a town dubbed “the most magical place in America.” Tourists come from around the world to tour all the magic-themed shops and attractions, as well as see monsters like tree trolls, copper crushers, and more in their natural habitats.
Lila has a Talent for sight, along with transference magic — in other words, magic makes her stronger. To survive, she does odd jobs for her pawnbroker friend. Lila also does her best to stay off the grid and avoid the Families — or mobs — who control the town. But when she saves a member of the powerful Sinclair Family, Lila finds herself caught in the middle of a brewing war between the Sinclairs and the Draconis, the most powerful Family in town.
Books in the series are: Cold Burn of Magic #1 — Dark Heart of Magic #2 — Bright Blaze of Magic #3
The Bigtime series (for adults)
The Bigtime paranormal romance series features sexy superheroes, evil ubervillains, and smart, sassy gals looking for love.
Books in the series are: Karma Girl #1 — Hot Mama #2 — Jinx #3 — Nightingale #4 — Fandemic #5
E-novellas in the series are: A Karma Girl Christmas #3.5
E-bundles of the series are: The Bigtime Series: Volume 1 and The Bigtime Series: Volume 2
Jennifer’s background
Jennifer is currently a full-time author. Before that, she worked as a features writer and page designer for a daily newspaper and has more than 10 years of journalism experience. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and other writing groups.
Jennifer’s books have been featured in Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, and a variety of other publications. You can follow her on Facebook, Goodreads, and Twitter. You can also sign up for her newsletter to receive updates, book recommendations, recipes, and more.
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More About Jennifer
I’m a Southern gal through and through. Sassy, sarcastic, and just a tad crazy.
I spent my formative years doing the usual kid things – playing, hanging out with my friends, and making up wild stories in my head.
It’s the last one that’s gotten me into trouble.
I don’t remember the first book I read. Or the second. Or even the third. But somewhere along the way, I fell in love with books and reading. Fairy tales, fantasies, adventure stories, mysteries, romances, westerns. As a kid, I read every book that I could get my hands on.
My mom, bless her, encouraged this obsession by taking me to the library every week. It’s one of my favorite childhood memories. Most folks think penicillin, indoor plumbing, and the Internet are the world’s best inventions. Not me. The greatest thing ever created was a library. Indoor plumbing is a close second, though.
The more I read, the more I thought about writing my own stories. I penned a few poems and short stories over the years, mainly for class assignments. Somewhere along the way, I realized that I wanted to write books for a living.
In college, I majored in English because of my love of books. But what can you do with an English degree? I didn’t know. One semester, I got a job with the college newspaper and discovered you could write stories and make a respectable living. Since that light-bulb moment, I’ve earned a bachelor’s degree in English and journalism, and a master’s degree in professional communications. Currently, I’m an award-winning features page designer for a daily newspaper.
Now, after many, many years of toil and trouble, I’ve achieved my dream of being a bona fide, published, fiction author. I plan to keep on keeping on – writing, dreaming, making up wild stories in my head.
And getting myself into trouble.
