Jazz Taylor, a pen name for Jessica Lewis, is a middle-grade author of cute contemporaries. Her debut novel, Meow or Never, is about a girl who accidentally gets cast as the lead in her school play, and overcomes her stage fright with the help of an adorable cat and her new crush. Meow or Never will be out January 5, 2021!

A writer, receptionist, and huge cat fan, she loves watching cooking shows (despite being unable to make anything more difficult than ramen noodles) and lives with her hilarious grandmother in Alabama.