Jessica Meats is a graduate of the University of York, where she was part of the university writing group and a regular contributor to a creative arts magazine. She has been a fan of science fiction and fantasy since childhood and one of her first stories, at aged six, involved slaying a dragon and being made to tidy up the mess. Her first novel, a science fiction adventure called Child of the Hive, was published in 2009 and since then she has published a number of novels and novellas. She works in the IT industry but between work and writing, Jessica finds time to read, do embroidery, and study sword fighting.