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Jess Gleason graduated Wells College with a BA in Creative Writing, magna cum laude, Phi Beta, Kappa, distinction in her major, A+ on her thesis. She went on to receive an MS in LIS from Simmons College.
She has been creating and writing stories since she was very small. Her first fanfiction was in the second grade, a story about the Power Rangers going trick-or-treating and encountering The Creature From the Black Lagoon. It had illustrations.
In undergraduate college, she developed a love of creative non-fiction and has persisted with it ever since.
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Jess Gleason graduated Wells College with a BA in Creative Writing. She received her MS in LIS from Simmons College. She is currently enrolled at the Bennington Writing Seminars pursuing her MFA in Poetry.
She has been creating and writing stories since she was too small. Her first story was in the second grade, though it was about the Power Rangers going trick-or-treating and encountering The Creature From the Black Lagoon. It was fully illustrated.
Post-Simmons she realized her true passion was poetry. However, you cannot stop her from talking your ear off about any genre of literature.