JAMIE PACTON GREW UP MINUTES away from the National Storytelling Center in the mountains of East Tennessee, and stories have always been a huge part of her life.
Although she’s been writing since she was a kid, after college, Jamie spent a long time working as a server (including a few years at a ’50s-themed restaurant, where she had to do lots of dancing in costume), a nanny, a pen salesperson, a bookseller, and many other jobs that will certainly find their way into books someday.
Jamie currently teaches English and writing at the college level, and she’s written for national and local magazines about parenting, autism, and writing. When she’s not writing books or teaching, Jamie’s usually reading, exploring the world with her family, wandering through a museum, drinking coffee, or rattling off history fun facts to whoever will listen. The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly is her debut novel.
Learn more about Jamie and her books at jamiepacton.com.
You can also find her at @JamiePacton on Twitter and Instagram.