Jessica C WrightJessica Wright is an author-illustrator who is inspired by fantasy and science fiction. Growing up she played dungeons and dragons with her friends, and ended up falling in love with many of the worlds she explored whilst on daring quests. Today she xplores more fantastical worlds in her writing, while also exploring deep themes of family, loneliness, mental health, and disability. In her children's picture books she illustrates fun characters that all look different from one another, exploring themes of friendship, exploration, and imagination. The Gentle and Friends Book Series consists of characters pulled from one of her dungeons and dragons games, with an innocence and style that all families can enjoy whether they are into fantasy or not. Jessica grew up as a military kid throughout the United States of America, and has explored much of the country as a child. Those adventures and explorations of an everyday child inspire her to tell more stories with Gentle and her friends. She completed a degree from BYU-Idaho in English, that helped foster her love of storytelling. Read More Read Less