Jessica is the author of A Curious Intimacy and Entitlement. Her hybrid memoir, Hearing Maud, won the Michael Crouch Award for a debut biography and was shortlisted for four national awards.

Jessica’s short stories and essays have appeared widely in Australian and international literary journals and she has won awards, funding and residencies.

Jessica’s essay collection, Silence is my Habitat: Ecobiographical Essays will be published by Upswell in 2025.

I live, work and write on unceded Kaurna Country. I acknowledge the Kaurna people’s ongoing cultural, spiritual, physical, and emotional connections with their land, waters, community, and stories.