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Jessica Khoury

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Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy

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Jessica Khoury wrote her first book at age 4, a fan fic sequel to Syd Hoff's Danny and the Dinosaur, which she scribbled on notebook paper, stapled together, and placed on the bookshelf of her preschool classroom. Since that day, she's dreamed of being an author.

When not writing, Jess enjoys spending time with family, playing video games, and oil and watercolor painting. She is also a professional mapmaker, and spends far too much time scribbling tiny trees and mountains for fictional worlds.

Jess currently lives in Greenville, South Carolina. She is the author of the Corpus trilogy, The Forbidden Wish, Last of Her Name, and The Mystwick School of Musicraft. ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 59,758 ratings · 8,848 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Origin (Corpus, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 16,228 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forbidden Wish (The Forbidden Wish, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 14,111 ratings — published 2016 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 6,959 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moorwitch 4.27 avg rating — 5,151 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vitro (Corpus, #2) 3.65 avg rating — 4,328 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kalahari (Corpus, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 3,792 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midnight Orchestra (Mystwick, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 1,932 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last of Her Name 3.79 avg rating — 1,441 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sparrow Rising (Skyborn, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 1,157 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camp Cacophony (Mystwick, #0.5) 3.85 avg rating — 1,186 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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YASH Fall 2016

HELLO HUNTERS!

I am Jessica Khoury, author of the Corpus trilogy (Origin, Vitro, and Kalahari)
and recent Aladdin retelling, The Forbidden Wish .

I'm your host on this YASH stop! WELCOME!

HERE'S THE SKINNY:
YOU: What's the YA Scavenger Hunt and why are people losing their minds over it like flamingos at a shrimp shack?
ME: Because, beautiful reader, on this hunt, you not only get to rea Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Jessica Khoury

Corpus (3 books)
by

Jessica Khoury (Goodreads Author)

3.89 avg rating — 24,647 ratings

The Forbidden Wish (1 book)
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Jessica Khoury (Goodreads Author)

3.98 avg rating — 14,425 ratings

Mystwick (3 books)
by

Jessica Khoury (Goodreads Author),

Suzy Jasckson (Narrator)

4.14 avg rating — 10,868 ratings

Skyborn (3 books)
by

Jessica Khoury (Goodreads Author)

4.45 avg rating — 2,334 ratings

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The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)

by Dorothy Dunnett

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The Chaos of Standing Still

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Jessica Khoury answered Olivia Fey's question: Where did you get the idea of weaving magic in "The Moorwitch"? Does that come from any sort of Scottish fable or lore, or did you create that yourself?! I think the inspiration came from a combination of things: the legend of the Fates/Moirai, the history of women using thread crafts throughout history as a quiet but subversive form of revolution, my own absolute admiration for anyone who can sew/kni See Full Answer
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Jessica Khoury has read The Crimson Throne (The Crimson Throne, #1) by Sara Raasch (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jessica Khoury answered Cordelia Farrell-Hood's question: Will there be another book in the mystwick school of musicraft series? I love that series so much and feel it has so much more possibilities. Yes! In fact, I'm doing a few final edits on it now, and then it's off to production.
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Jessica Khoury finished reading The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1) by Rachel Gillig (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Romantasy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Jessica Khoury (?)

“And what do you know of love?"
"That it must be a choice."
"Oh, my naive thief. " I pause briefly to meet his gaze. "Love is rarely a choice.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

tags: forbidden-love, love

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“As the poets say, stories are truth told through lies.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

tags: lies, stories, truth

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“The things that were once sweet to me are now bitter. The sun is not half so bright. The stars seem dimmer. All this wealth and luxury feels meaningless. All the world is in your shadow, Zahra. I cannot help but see you when I close my eyes.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

tags: eyes, love, stars

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Polls

What book should we read in March?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2021 Newbery contender and already published.

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

34 votes 21.4%

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

26 votes 16.4%

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

24 votes 15.1%

Leaving Lymon by Lesa Cline-Ransome

13 votes 8.2%

chirp by Kate Messner (write-in)

12 votes 7.5%

Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

10 votes 6.3%

The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury

9 votes 5.7%

Chirp! (write-in)

8 votes 5.0%

Village of Scoundrels by Margi Preus (write-in)

7 votes 4.4%

From the Desk of Zoe Washington (write-in)

6 votes 3.8%

Bloom by a Kenneth Oppel (write-in)

4 votes 2.5%

clean getaway (write-in)

2 votes 1.3%

From the desk of Zoe Washington (write-in)

2 votes 1.3%

Village of Scoundrels! (write-in)

1 vote 0.6%

race to the sun (write-in)

1 vote 0.6%

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Jessica’s Quotes

“I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop. ”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice

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“Oh, was that liquor of yours a stimulant?" asked Elena. "I wondered why he didn't fall asleep."
"Couldn't you tell?" chuckled Mayhew.
"Not really."
Miles twisted his head to take in Elena's upside-down worried face, and smile in weak reassurance. Sparkly black and purple whirlpools clouded his vision. Mayhew's laughter faded. "My God," he said hollowly, "you mean he's like that all the time?”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice

tags: vorkosigan

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“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

tags: humility, throne

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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