Jessica Stanley
Jessica Stanley is an Australian novelist living in East London. She grew up in Melbourne, studied in Canberra, and worked in journalism, on the set of the TV show Neighbours, for the trade union movement, and on progressive political campaigns. Moving to the UK in 2011, she has been working as a freelance advertising copywriter and strategist.
Her Australian first novel A Great Hope was published by Picador AU in 2022. A grown-up love story about the true meaning of happily ever after, Consider Yourself Kissed will be published in the UK, US, Australia and internationally in 2025.
She has a long-running email newsletter for writers and readers, READ.LOOK.THINK. Read more here.
