About

Jamie Pacton is an author, teacher, mom, and inclusive feminist who writes all sorts of books:  YA fantasy; contemporary YA with a funny + geeky bent; MG adventure-fantasy; and, even the occasional adult rom-com. She was a Pitch Wars mentee in 2015 and she mentored YA in 2016, 2017, and 2018. She grew up minutes away from the National Storytelling Center in the mountains of East Tennessee; she’s the oldest of ten kids; and, she currently lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, their two kids, and a dog named Lego. The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly is her Young Adult debut and her sophomore novel, Lucky Girl, is forthcoming from Page Street in May 2021.

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