Features


From insightful interviews to engaging essays, Jessica's work resonates with readers and critics alike.

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January 2015

Write What You Don’t Know

As nonfiction writers, we’re proud of our fealty to the truth. We don’t make things up. Or, if we do make things up, we employ the deftness and elegance of signal phrases.

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Creative NonFiction

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December 2013

Screenplay, “Outside the Wire”

In this short film made for the 48 Hour Film Festival, we explore the sense of reality and memory, in a nod to a famous scene from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."

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SuperLux

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Award Winning!

The Magnetic Girl

Set in a time of emerging electricity and heightened Spiritualism, "The Magnetic Girl" is an inspired novel about women's quest for political, cultural, and sexual presence.

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Events

Join Jessica Handler for writing workshops, book signings, and engaging conversations with award-winning authors!  

May 2, 2025
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May 2, 2025

COACHING sessions at the Atlanta Writers' Conference

Meet with me at the Atlanta Writers' Conference for personalized query letter & synopsis advice and 1:1 coaching about the craft and business of writing.

May 8, 2025
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May 8, 2025

My Body, My Book Club (virtual)

on MAY 8th, Join the My Body, My Book club virtual discussion of "The Magnetic Girl." My Body, My Book Club is based in the UK, and aims to connect people and create communities. We read fiction books (with the odd memoir here and there too) that deal with different aspects of how we understand bodily autonomy and exemplify how we can get involved and support each other. Issues such as gender-based violence, racism, homelessness, displacement, abortion, obstetric violence, and the rights of marginalised communities, like the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ groups, are just some of the topics we cover.