The Becoming: Redemption (The Becoming Series Book 5) (49 page)

Jessica Meigs is the author of
The
Becoming
, a post-apocalyptic thriller series that follows a
group of people trying to survive a massive viral outbreak in the
southeastern United States. After gaining notoriety for having
written the series on a variety of BlackBerry smartphones, she
self-published two novellas that now make up the first book in the
series. In April 2011, she accepted a deal with Permuted Press to
publish
The Becoming
as a series of novels. The first of the
series, entitled
The Becoming
, was released in November 2011
and was named one of Barnes & Noble’s Best Zombie Fiction
Releases of the Decade by reviewer Paul Goat Allen. Five more
novels and an assortment of novellas followed.

In 2014, Jessica signed a deal with Permuted
Press/Post Hill Press to publish a series of urban fantasy/horror
novels entitled The Unnaturals. The first book in the series,
The Unnaturals
, is expected in 2016.

Jessica lives in semi-obscurity in Demopolis,
Alabama. When she’s not writing, she works full time as an EMT. She
can be found on Twitter @JessicaMeigs, on Facebook at
facebook.com/JessicaMeigs, and on Goodreads at
goodreads.com/JessicaMeigs. You can also visit her website at
www.jessicameigs.com
.

Jessica is represented by Hannah Brown Gordon
of Foundry Literary + Media. For any rights inquiries, please
contact Hannah at
[email protected]
.