About
ABOUT ME
I believe in magic, chocolate, love, and words. 
I’ve always wanted to be a writer and I’m pretty stubborn, so now I’m a writer. I have a degree in English/Creative Writing which qualifies me to type really fast and point out your comma splices.
I live in the Philadelphia area where I spend my time reading in the parks and eating my way through all the vegan-friendly, gluten-free restaurants in the city. The internet is my second home. I like surprising people. I enjoy baking and cooking, swing dancing, health and fitness, and, of course, books.
Drollerie Press published my short story, “The Blood Myth,” in its anthology Straying from the Path. My debut novel, After You, will be released in Summer 2013 from Dial Books for Young Readers. My work is represented by Super Agent Suzie Townsend of Nancy Coffey Literary. You can get a better idea of it on the My Books page.
Some of my favorite books are Wintergirls (Anderson), Finnikin of the Rock (Marchetta), Cold Magic (Elliott), Entwined (Dixon), Invincible Summer (Moskowitz), Revolution (Donnelly), gods in Alabama and Grown-Up Kind of Pretty (Jackson), and The Fault in Our Stars (Green).
You can reach me at corra.jessica@gmail.com – I love email!
Blog schedule is as follows:
I post Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with some exceptions. Monday is invariably a food post.
The first Wednesday of every month I discuss writing and publishing topics with my friends Abby Mumford and Bria Quinlan in a series called From Where I Stand. The second Wednesday of every month , I participate in Carol Valdez Miller’s Kindness Project. However, that same day, Julie Cross’s teamTEENauthor posts around the web! My contribution to teamTEENauthor will post on the second Thursday of the month. The third Friday of the month is my Book of the Month selection (formally second, but that week’s a bit crowded now). Other posts are grab bags of deep thoughts, reading, writing, food, more food… etc.
“I like surprising people.”
Do you mean you like to surprise people, or do you mean you like people who are surprising?
I’m not trying to be smart alec. I’m genuinely curious.
Found your website via terribleminds. I like your writing style.
Both, of course.
You live in Philly?
Me too!
And I desperately want to be a writer too
I will be loking for your novel when it comes out <3
HI Jess, It is cousin Danielle. I want to say that I am proud of your writing accomplishments. Keep in touch. Jason is in Philly and usually goes to the bookstore you were at but last week he was home. Keep up the good work.