Jessica Bayliss

Jessica Bayliss, author of YA thriller, Ten After Closing, and YA horror, Broken Chords, is a clinical psychologist by day and a writer all the time. She has been a lover of thrilling and spooky tales since her days scanning VHS rental shelves—admittedly with eyes half-averted from the gory covers. In the psychology world, she has more than twenty years of experience and training in the cognitive-behavioral model. She’s a psychotherapist, a teacher, and a researcher. A life-long lover of scary tales, she also loves to eat, cook, and exercise—in that order—and is a firm believer that coffee makes the world a better place. She is a Senior Editor for Allegory Magazine, the PAL Coordinator for the Southern New England SCBWI region, and info on her services for authors can be found on her website, JessicaBaylissWrites.com