It’s pub day for NORTH OF THE SUNLIT RIVER! ☀️ What a thing to finally have this book in the world! Thank you to the best agent ever, @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social and editor, Alicia Clancy! 🧡

Pub day is tomorrow! There’s still time to pre-order! 🧡

Thanks UAF for this nice web feature! Such special timing for my second book (2 weeks to go!) largely inspired by time in Alaska.

In love with this photo taken by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social 🩵🧡 She’s a beauty!

Blurb for NOTSR from Crissy Van Meter! Her novel, Creatures, is haunting & beautiful—full of heartbreak, forgiveness, grieving the loss of the natural world. All things that—if you’ve ready any of my work—are themes I’m constantly thinking about. It’s gorgeous & complex & I loved it so much.

Full cover for North of the Sunlit River is here! I can’t stop looking at it—the colors, the sneaky little elements, the overall tone that matches the story perfectly. Just a little over 3 months to go! Have you pre-ordered yet? ☺️

Some lovely advance praise for North of the Sunlit River from the one and only @suzykrause.bsky.social and I’m so honored.

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If you haven’t read Suzy’s books yet, you need to get on it! She’s kind of the best.

So excited to be part of the first ever literary festival in Los Alamos! Get your tickets now and let’s make this an awesome weekend!

Advance Reader Copies have arrived and they’re gorgeous! #northofthesunlitriver #notsr

So excited to share the cover for North of the Sunlit River! It couldn't capture more perfectly the adventure this book has already been on. I can't wait for the next phase of its journey--getting into the hands of readers on 9.9.25!

Beauty for today, February 6. #natureisamazing

“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.”

—Kate DiCamillo

This Impossible Brightness turns 1 today!

I’m so grateful to everyone who made this book a reality, but especially @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social for believing in me as a writer from day one, and Alicia Clancy for believing in Alma’s story from day one. So lucky to have crossed paths with you both! ✨🐋

I'm late in saying that my first read of 2025 was a darn good one, as Seth Kantner books tend to be. Alaska, caribou, I'm always in.

Hey Bluesky. I’m Jess, writer of novels, illustrator of games, and runner of trails. I write about lightness in life and magic in nature. What do I mean by lightness? I'm so glad you asked. One of my favorite essays on writing says it really well. It’s fittingly called “Lightness,” by Italo Calvino.

Happy to report that some of the nicest places in NH still consider me a local. #washingtonnh #sheddfreelibrary