Jess Owen

@authorjessowen

Hello there! I'm Jess & I write noblebright fantasy and optimistic contemporary YA! Fantasy Books: jessowen.com Contemporary Books: authorjessicakara.com Extras: patreon.com/authorjessowen Etsy (for signed books!):

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Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Jun 26

FUNGI PEOPLE who is she???

Photo of a lumpy, finely-textured, bright yellow fungus growing on a log surrounded by tall grass.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Jun 22

☀️✨It’s Officially Summer☀️✨ To celebrate, grab your Summer King Chronicles hardback boxed set, featuring cover & slipcase artwork by @nambroth.bsky.social ! 21% off all week with the code DAYNIGHTSAVINGS26 Featuring the last of the “misprint” SotSK editions 😂👌 www.etsy.com/listing/4334...

All four books in the Summer King Chronicles, photographed against a rock and grass background. Did they escape to the forest? Did they spring from nature? Who knows! Grab your set now and wrap up your summer reading list.

Side view of the beautiful boxed set of the Summer King Chronicles, showcasing artwork by Jennifer Miller aka Nambroth.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Jun 21

It’s Daynight Savings Time! 👆👆Excellent time to pick up the hardback Quartet boxed set if you’ve been waiting

Photo of the beauitful slipcase for the hardback quartet boxed set of the Summer King Chronicles by Jess E. Owen

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Jun 21

I gotta get rid of the last of these misprints, friends 🤣

The fantasy novel Song of the Summer King by Jess E. Owen, misprint edition that does not have the author’s name on the front cover .

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· May 11

WHO DID THIS

Photo of a sticker on a parking bollard. The sticker reads BEAKS BEAKS in alternating black and white lettering.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 28

Convincing you to check out my Song of the Summer King GRAPHIC NOVEL, in-progress only on Patreon, with art by the illustrious @veppart.bsky.social Reeeskeets appreciated!💫🪶🦅 Start reading here: www.patreon.com/posts/822076...

A three-panel comic page, against a background that is the same page but faded out in a sepia tone. The panels depict a gryphon diving through a dawn sky over the ocean, and shrieking. The gryphon thinks, "I cannot be late! I will be cast from the pride!" and the final panel is him pulling up close to the waves to skim the surface.

A comic page panel set against the background of a different page in faded sepia tones. The main image of the panel is a coppery brown gryphon, head bowed, whispering, "What..." while in two smaller inset panels, two other gryphons look on in dismay.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 19

Get good by by being bad first 🥴

Photo shows a sketchbook in the foreground with rough drawings of flowers, and three drawing utensils. In the background you can see the reference photo of the flowers the artist is studying.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 14

Turns out we DID forget to put my name on the cover so I have about forty of these beautiful “artist editions” ;) featuring more of the gorgeous work by @nambroth.bsky.social , uncluttered by pesky text! Get em while they exist! (And remember, Patrons get a discount😉) www.etsy.com/listing/4334...

Shows a box of hardback second editions of “Song of the Summer King,” by Jess E. Owen. These copies do not have the author name on the cover, Oop!

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 13

Hey your doctor called me and told me you are deficient in Vitamin G and the best supplement is books about Gryfons 👀 Links in ma’bio. For your health.

Photo of the fantasy novel, “Song of the Summer King,” by Jess E. Owen. The book sits on a rock, and the cover art features a gray gryphon flying across a green plain, with a red wolf watching from below, in the distance.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 5

When I was a kid I ALWAYS looked for these birds in craft stores, especially the ones with their wings spread so I could play with them, pretending to fly. I’ve always loved birds, always wanted to fly, always been fascinated by feathers and wings. No wonder I wrote gryphons as main characters ☺️

Two packages of colorful fake birds meant for use in decorative floral displays or wreaths.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 4

WHO IS SHE

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 1

Hear me out— the Summer King Chronicles won’t solve your problems but it will give you a wild, wonderful place to go for a little while and come back feeling hopeful and stronger and also more like a gryphon which may, in and of itself, be helpful.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 1

Wait wait do you not have these? Or do you mean the Dragon Star Saga?

Books three and four in the Summer King Chronicles by Jess E. Owen, titled “A Shard of Sun” and “By the Silver Wind” . They feature beautiful fantasy paintings of a gryphon character.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 1

AND MRS FINCH 💛👏💛

Photo of a back yard with a tree, fence, and shed in the background, but the main focus is a birdhouse in the foreground, perched upon which is a tiny female goldfinch in her beautiful yellow spring plumage.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Apr 1

THE GOLDFINCHES ARE GOLD THIS IS NOT A DRILL THE GOLDFINCHES ARE GOLD happy spring 🥹🥹🥹🥹🤍💛🖤💛🤍🖤💛💛💛💛💛💛

Photo of a back yard with a tree, fence, and shed in the background, but the main focus is a birdhouse in the foreground, perched upon which is a tiny goldfinch in its beautiful yellow spring plumage.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Mar 31

Fair winds friends! I believe my stories are evergreen and important now: compassion, heroism, friendship, discovery, fall and redemption. If you haven’t read my books yet, I invite you to the world of the Summer King Chronicles. If you have, let this be your sign to read again and come back home🪶💫

An image of the five main titles in the Summer King Chronicles by Jess E. Owen. Title lettering in an ornate frame appears above the books, and a line from a five star review reads: “I’m sitting here, wondering how to put my newfound love for this series into words.” the whole image is set against a snowy mountainous backdrop illuminated by an aurora borealis. That image is from the cover artwork for the book “A Shard of Sun,” and was painted by Jennifer Miller aka Nambroth.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Feb 22

My next contemporary book is gonna be packed with all these NPC bot names. There doing so much work for me!

Screenshot of a spam email that reads:

Leilani Morton Sent you a new message

Hi,

I just wanted to say that your work really left an impression on me it had exactly the kind of tone and depth I’ve been looking for.

I’d love to support your work further and leave a review. Are your books available on Goodreads or Barnes & Noble? If so, could you please share the links?

Thank you for creating such meaningful work . I really look forward to reading more from you.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Feb 19

I WAS WRONG they CAN stop trying even harder 😭😭😩 sorry, I have no books by that title.

Screenshot of an email that reads:

Sent via form submission from Author Jessica Kara

Name: London Queer Books Group

Email: queerlondonbookgroup@gmail.com

Message: Hi,

I’m reaching out on behalf of the London Queer Books Group, a vibrant community of LGBTQ+ readers and allies who are passionate about discovering powerful, thought-provoking books that celebrate queer voices and stories.

We’d be excited to feature your book, [Book Title], in one of our upcoming reading sessions and introduce it to our engaged and enthusiastic members. Our group is dedicated to uplifting queer authors and sharing meaningful conversations around identity, community, and lived experience — and we believe your work would truly resonate with our readers.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Feb 19

Who is this in the Summer King Chronicles universe? I might need to art about it 👇👇

Photo of a sticker on a box which reads “this is a set, do not separate”

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Feb 18

Sad that I’m no longer excited to see emails like this because I KNOW it is a scam/spam email and even the content of the letter is just generated by ai. Couldn’t even be bothered to type out their own inane dreck

Screenshot of an email subject line that says I LOVE YOUR BOOK

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Feb 17

“Oh I fall in love just a little oh, little bit, every day with someone new..” Face doodles for practice! I need to get a bunch of references together and do it again so I can actually learn something 🧐😮‍💨💖

Very loose sketches of nine human faces in a variety of ethnicities and genders. In this page the artist was doodling freely to battle the infamous “same face syndrome” many artists struggle with, by experimenting with and”pushing” different features.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Feb 8

Anyway thanks for reading books that I wrote out of pure love and stubbornness and the belief that they matter from me specifically, a real human person for you, real human people. Pic from 2024 that I still like and Jumbo Shard and me ☺️

Photo of author Jess Owen, a smiling white woman holding three books (that she wrote herself!) titled (respectively): Song of the Summer King, A Furry Faux Paw, and Don’t Ask If I’m Okay.
Next to her is a large, gray, adorable plushie of a gryphon. He appears to be smiling as well.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Jan 26

The spambots aren’t even trying anymore

Screenshot of an email, the text of which doesn’t matter except that the salutation, “Dear Roland,” is addressed to an author named Jess Owen, and proves a sad point about the nature of spam emails directed at authors.

However if you’re interest in the text of the email it reads:
A Literary Invitation from Hearthside Book Club

Dear Roland,

We are honored to extend a formal invitation for you to participate in Honoring Stories That Endure, our Virtual Author Spotlight a curated literary session dedicated to celebrating authors whose work contributes meaningfully to cultural dialogue, historical understanding, and the enduring power of storytelling.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Jan 20

“Why don’t you ever go out” Because all the food is at my house and I’m enjoying our investment

A spending “snapshot” from a mobile banking app showing that over half of the OP’s income goes to their mortgage.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Jan 8

Have I even posted my ref yet?? From the excellent @veppart.bsky.social ! My gryfsona is a blend of aplomado falcon (because they’re awesome) and red tailed hawk (because I’m attached to them) and lioness hindquarters. I’ve been waffling for years to finalize a design and HERE TIS

A reference sheet for a gryphon character! The bird half blends the colors of a red tailed hawk and the patterning of a falcon, and the tail is fully feathered but long like a cat. On the bottom of the image are closeup diagrams of wing color and patterning. A watermark reads Art by VEPPart @ bluesky

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Dec 17

This is so tough because I want readers to own the media they buy from me but I just know this is going to end up in even more piracy 😒

Hello,

Starting January 20, 2026, Amazon will make it easier for readers to enjoy content they have purchased from the Kindle store across a wider range of devices and applications by allowing new titles published without Digital Rights Management (DRM) to be downloaded in EPUB and PDF format. If you take no action, the DRM-status of your previously published titles will not change but the EPUB and PDF downloads will not be enabled for existing DRM-free titles. If you want to allow reader downloads for these titles, follow the directions below on or after December 9, and select the option not to apply DRM.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Dec 10

Omg when did I hit 1k in the blue skies?? Shard is stoked and thinks we should give something away! How about a signed copy of “Rise of the Dragon Star”, + a lil surprise to go with! To enter: comment fair winds or something gryfony, tag a friend who loves catbirbs, and reskeet 👀🥰

Photo of a large, gray gryphon plushie with bright green eyes. In front of that, a hand holding a book with a blue gryphon on the cover. The title is “Rise of the Dragon Star: Book 1 of the Dragon Star Saga” by Jess E. Owen.

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Dec 9

Hey makers, friend of a friend is trying to find a well made “Kitty Purr Purr” (it’s a show??) plushie for her daughter for Christmas. Anyone making these? Please reskeet!

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Dec 8

To the tune of “Despacito”

A package of Pepperidge Farm Sausalito cookies

Jess Owen@authorjessowen· Dec 8

Me watching my comfort film “Love, Actually” during the holidays only to find out how much everyone hates it 😂