JESSICA "JESSA" HURLEY AUTHOR PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHYwww.jessicahurley.com or www.visualcv.com/jessicahurleyJessica is the author of "Burn This Book ... and Move on With Your Life!" (Andrews McMeel, 2002), in addition to "Guatemalan Worry Dolls / Let Your Worries Go", (Barnes and Noble, 2010/ St. Martin's Press, 2000), packaged with Guatemalan worry dolls. She is also the co-author of "Great Pumpkins: Crafty Carving for Halloween (Chronicle Books, 2003)", and co-author (with infamous tree-sitter/activist Julia Butterfly Hill) of "One Makes the Difference: Inspiring Actions That Change Our World (HarperCollins, 2002)", featuring stories on fearless individuals who followed their dreams to make the world a better place. This gifted author was the editor for "Climb Against the Odds (Chronicle Books/The Breast Cancer Fund, 2002)", about extraordinary groups of women with breast cancer who participated in extreme mountain climbing expeditions. Additionally, she creatively co-authored and managed many titles with her mentor Lynn Gordon in the bestselling 52 Activity Decks (Chronicle Books) gift series, including "52 Relaxing Rituals", "52 Ways to Make a House a Home", "52 Great Travel Tips", and "52 Ways to Stay Young at Heart". Promotions/reviews for Jessica's work has appeared in Seventeen Magazine, USA Today, and Publishers' Weekly. An accomplished television host, this articulate author has also been interviewed on her book projects on radio stations across the country.In addition to writing for print, Ms. Hurley has won two Emmy Awards for a documentary television series she wrote and produced about youth overcoming challenges. Prior to her publishing and broadcasting accomplishments, she was Audience Development Producer for the world's top healthy living Website -- writing and managing Webby Award-winning content. Jessica is a selected member of The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a judge for the Webby Awards, a member of the National Academy of Television and Sciences, and recipient of the Common Council's Mesa Refuge Writing Fellowship.Future endeavors include the development of a variety of fun, gift book series currently in development, as well as exploring her darker humor in a collection of irreverent, autobiographical essays.AUTHOR PERSONAL BACKGROUNDJessica "Jessa" Hurley grew up in a grass-covered, subterranean dwelling called "the Hole," located on a hippie commune in the mountains of Oregon. It was there where the precocious 5-year-old wrote her first book (a romance) about a Jewish worm wedding, which a local DJ read on the radio. Many, many years later, Jessica graduated in Media Studies and Sociology from an esteemed college consortium after her mother convinced her that she'd never find a job with an English degree. This daughter to a Creative Career Coach and an Accountant currently resides in a "regular" house on an island near San Francisco (and doesn't dig patchouli or have hairy armpits).This tenacious chick has actualized many dreams, including: getting books published, producing / writing / hosting Emmy Award-winning documentaries, SCUBA-diving with sharks in the Bahamas, studying yoga in the Himalayas, going on safari in Tanzania, spending "interesting" times with rock starts to Cirque performers, smoking cigars in Cuba, attending the Sundance Film Festival, hunting for treasure while producing a show for the Travel Channel, training in the art of Poi Fire-dancing at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, and learning to tie her shoes. She spends her free time using inspiration, creativity, and determination to help friends and associates reach their goals -- whether they like it or not! This humanitarian also looks forward to helping children surviving below the poverty line and then maybe taking a long, long nap. She'd also like to see more publisher's using environmentally-friendly printing and production practices.