About Jamie

I’ve spent most of my life chasing epic stories that show us how to defeat the dark—and who we can become in the process. That fixation took root during my freshman year of high school inside the run-down theater of a rural Ohio town. As a kid formerly obsessed with WWF wrestling, watching The Fellowship of the Ring came like lightning out of a clear sky, introducing a story that felt ancient, deep, and unflinchingly sincere. Tolkien completely blew my mind, cementing my love for fantasy and leaving me with a desire not just to explore epic worlds, but eventually to create them myself.

The actual road to becoming a full-time author wasn't a straight line. Before I ever committed a story to paper, I spent my twenties working in education, economic development, and human resources. While navigating those careers, an assassin named Kairos took up residence in my head and refused to leave. The earliest fragments of his story actually came to me during a summer job doing campground maintenance. Between cleaning toilets and trapping skunks, my mind was free to forge an entire world around this man and his path to redemption.

In 2020, I finally committed to bringing Kairos to the page. Over several iterations and years of honing my craft, my true mission finally crystallized. I didn't just want to write a redemption arc; I wanted to point to that which is greater than heroes. In most epic fantasy, the ultimate solution relies on the hero’s inner strength. But even heroes fall short, and at some point, every single one of us needs something greater than ourselves. The stories I write point to God as that ultimate solution, revealing how His radical grace shines brightest through the cracks of broken vessels.

That is the heartbeat of Project Kairos.

Breast Cancer and the Antifragile Mindset

In 2025, I faced an entirely different kind of crucible: breast cancer. As someone who had always been healthy, it was an absolute blindside.

You might expect a diagnosis like this to bring my writing to a halt, but I never stopped. It became a necessary refuge from the grind of appointments, treatments, and the emotional exhaustion of the fight. But God intended this diagnosis to be more than just something I survived; He used it to refine.

I went into this fight as a diagnosed hypochondriac, convinced my body was a fragile thing that needed constant guarding. But being repeatedly nuked by chemo drugs burned away those illusions of control. It proved to me that our bodies are not just resilient—they are antifragile.

On this side of the fight, I carry that antifragile mindset into everything I do. The fire stripped away my hesitations, giving me the perspective to dive unflinchingly into some of the hardest parts of the human experience. And as in every Gracedark story, it is within the darkness that we see the grace of God shine like never before.

Personal Life

At my core, I am a sinner saved by grace. Jesus is my King, and there is not a single scrap of goodness or strength in me that didn’t first come from Him.

I live in Ashland, Ohio, with my husband, Josh—a world-class automotive technician, car builder, and racer—alongside our two cats: Onyx and our tri-pawed Cosmo.

My bookshelves will quickly out me as a theology and apologetics nerd, but my downtime is a mix of reading fiction, watching anime, and getting lost in an endless rotation of epic OSTs, ambient folk tracks, and prog metal.

When I need to get out of my head entirely, you’ll find me rollerblading, skateboarding, or hiking through the woods with a camera in hand. I have a deep love for nature photography and a particular obsession with capturing celestial bodies.