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Jessalyn Poret

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in New Orleans, The United States

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Fantasy, Fiction

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Terry Brooks, Brent Weeks

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Jessalyn is the author of the Viis Dhia trilogy. She has been writing since she was nine years old, her first piece of work being a fanfiction of The Princess Bride set in her own world. After watching Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace, Jessalyn wrote her first book at age twelve, directly inspired from the movie, and has been writing ever since.

Her fate was sealed after seeing Cirque du Soleil's Dralion and reading The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Since then, Jessalyn has been constantly writing. Lani was a product of her fourteen-year-old mind that she has been cultivating into the book it is today.

Aside from writing, Jessalyn enjoys reading (of course), playing video games, listening to music from all over the world, and c ...more

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The Lord of the Rings

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