
Author and Illustrators' Page
Author Biography

Jesse Basler
Biography
Jesse Basler loves frogs, the color yellow and is proud to say she is weird. Jesse was in each school’s talent show growing up until high school. She wasn`t supposed to be in her first talent show but joined her brother’s talent act anyway. Jesse was in Girl Scouts for thirteen years and sold cookies in all kinds of weather (tornados, blizzards, ALL kinds). She has two miniature basset hound dogs and an African Grey bird, who thinks she is a dog, and enjoys playing practical jokes and participating in dance parties.
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Jesse engages in D&D adventures, and is an avid dice collector. She enjoys playing board games with her family and friends. She is a geek girl that loves Comic Con, being a Cosplayer, and other activities along that line. She likes writing fiction (Fantasy and Sci-Fi mostly) for children and adults. She is a total Night Owl.
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Jesse graduated from St. Charles Community College in 2017. Her first published story was called “Dust Bunny” (published in St. Charles Community College magazine, Mid River’s Review in 2017). Jesse expects to have earned her Human Resource BA Degree with writing minor in December 2021 from Lindenwood University. She additionally published "My Sister`s Button," a story in Arrow Rock Literary Journal, in 2021. She has been a part of helping produce two different college level magazines at both colleges.
Jesse`s first published book, at age 22, was “My Slippery Escape” on Amazon in 2018. She published her second book in 2020, "The Adventurous Book Worms" also on Amazon. Jesse will be publishing her third book, "JackieJo The Daring Dreamer" in 2021.
Illustrators Biography

Matt Peterson
Biography
Matt Peterson received his Mechanical Engineering Degree from Missouri S&T (Science and Technology) in 2017. His illustrations first appeared in “My Slippery Escape” in 2018. His hand-drawn artwork made the book come to life in both books. “JackieJo, The Daring Dreamer” is the second book with Matt`s art in the series. Matt currently works as a Mechanical Engineer.
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Vanessa Brown
Biography
Vanessa Brown received her Fine Arts Bachelor`s Degree at University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2017. She brought wonderful new elements to Matt`s drawings when she brought them into the digital world with her own unique flare. Vanessa is aspiring towards making more memorable stories pop with her art in Orlando, Florida.

Roger Smith
Biography
Roger Smith has an Associates degree in Technical Illustration and a Bachelor degree in Studio Art from Maryville University. He has been working as a Technical Illustrator for the past 30 years. This worm has been a character he has drawn since high school and has been on his bucket list to become the main character of a book for a long time. He’s now very happy to share his cute worms with the world.