Jessica Brody is an accomplished American author and writing educator. Her writing primarily focuses on young adult fiction. Over the years, she has authored more than 20 novels for teens, tweens, and adults, including well-known titles such as The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, Amelia Gray is Almost Okay, A Week of Mondays, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, the Unremembered trilogy, and the System Divine trilogy, which she co-wrote with Joanne Rendell and is a sci-fi reimagining of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables.

In addition to her novels, Jessica is also the author of the #1 bestselling novel-writing guides, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel. She has written several books based on popular Disney franchises like Descendants and LEGO Disney Princess. Jessica’s works have been translated and published in over 20 languages, and several have been optioned for film and television.