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Jessica Schafer

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in The United States

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https://www.authorjessicaschafer.com/

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Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

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Simone St. James, Lisa Jewell, Ruth Ware, Seraphina Nova Glass

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Jessica Schafer is a debut independent author, high school music teacher, and community theatre devotee living in Northeastern Pennsylvania. When she isn't teaching, she divides her time between performing onstage, music directing, and devouring books and movies. Her writing blends a love of character-driven stories with an enduring fascination with mystery and the shadows lurking beneath everyday life.

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The Quiet Over Ashcombe

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Jessica Schafer liked Dustin Hess's review of The Quiet Over Ashcombe: "It's exciting when an indie debut is so well written that it blurs the line between trad-published and self-published. Books like this make you realize that a good story is a good story, whether or not there's a cool logo on the spine. The Quiet Over" Read more of this review »
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First-person narration isn’t always my favorite, particularly in thrillers, where I sometimes find that the prose sacrifices beauty and description for immediacy. What struck me about Wilder, though, was how often I caught myself thinking, “I love th ...more
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“Crazy how much weight a stranger’s name could hold after a lifetime of not knowing it.”
― Jessica Schafer, The Quiet Over Ashcombe: A Small-Town Mystery Thriller

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