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Jayden Thompson first discovered her love of writing at fifteen years old. Her first novel, Diamond in the Rough, was published when she was eighteen. A Kentucky native, Jayden spends her time reading, hanging out with family, watching too many YouTube videos, and daydreaming about fictional worlds.

For sneak peeks of upcoming books and more content, you can check out her YouTube channel (@jaydenthompsonauthor), her Instagram (@authorjaydenthompson), and her website (jaydenthompson.com).

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Average rating: 4.36 · 181 ratings · 64 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Diamond in the Rough (The Wastelands Series Book 1) 4.36 avg rating — 70 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shades of Red (The Way We Bleed, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 62 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stars in the Sky (The Wastelands Series) 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bullet to the Head 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ultimate Writing Workbook: The Beginner Author's Guide to Planning and Outlining a Novel 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Pushing Media on the Wrong Audience: How "Kid-Friendly" Adaptations of Mature Media are Contributing to the Literary Crisis

We live in a literary crisis. That fact has been widely discussed across social media ever since I first starting posting videos back in 2024. Its factors are argued far and wide, becoming a heavily-debated topic in the bookish space, but I don’t think any singular thing can be pinned for the blame. Literacy is not defined just by the ability to read words—it’s being able to understand those words Read more of this blog post »

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Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)

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Jayden Thompson wrote a new blog post Pushing Media on the Wrong Audience: How "Kid-Friendly" Adaptations of Mature Media are Contributing to the Literary Crisis We live in a literary crisis. That fact has been widely discussed across social media ever since I first starting posting videos back in 2024. Its fac Read more of this blog post »
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Jayden Thompson and 3 other people liked Natalia Sapphira's review of The Ultimate Writing Workbook: The Beginner Author's Guide to Planning and Outlining a Novel: "𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫. After reading Jayden's books, I knew I needed an inside look on how she develops her stories. My WIP has been stuck in a "too many ideas" stage for a while now. When I opened this workboo" Read more of this review »
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Jayden Thompson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — [Done] Book is showing up under wrong author topic " My new book is showing up under the wrong Jayden Thompson and not on my profile 😅The Ultimate Writing Workbook: The Beginner Author's Guide to Plannin ...more "
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