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Available Now

Jess's latest novel, The Sixth Book, published by World Castle Publishing, is now available for purchase! It is available online in both paperback and eBook format. Some popular online purchase locations include Amazon, Indigo, Kobo, Audible, Abebooks, Alibris, and more. The Guelph Public Library has also purchased a copy for you to reserve and read the book for FREE. Stay tuned for more information on which physical stores will be selling the paperback!

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A Love of Writing Starts at a Young Age

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Proud member

of the

Hamilton Writer's

Association

Jessica Blenkarn was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1999 and is the youngest of four children. Jess studied Business and Speech Communication at the University of Waterloo and graduated in June 2022 as part of the Dean's Honours list and with a departmental award for distinguished academic achievement. She now works in the field of marketing.

 

At the age of fifteen, Jess wrote her first novel, Irrefutable Annihilation, in thirty days as part of the NaNoWriMo program (National Novel Writing Month), and has since written three other novels: Soul Survivor (2016), West of Dawn (2017), and The Sixth Book (2020). The Sixth Book was professionally published by World Castle Publishing in June 2021. 

 

Besides writing novels, Jess enjoys writing short stories and speeches. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including Hamilton's Short Works Prize and multiple Southern Ontario speech competitions. Jess even went on to compete in the Optimist International Oratorical Competition in St. Louis. In her spare time, she enjoys baking, exploring the outdoors, and listening to rock music.

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