J. S. Chapman is a paperback writer, recovering screenwriter, genre shifter, and research glutton. She writes thrillers, mysteries, historical fiction, romantic comedies, and nonfiction.

You can take the girl out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the girl. Born and raised in Chicago USA, she may be a suburban transplant but her heart still lives in the Windy City, where she learned her street smarts the hard way.

After earning her degree from Northwestern University, she briefly taught in the Chicago Public School system before signing on with the corporate sector.

It was in a dreary cubicle around the corner from executive row where she dared to dream and began writing nights and weekends.

A little bit crazy and a little bit rock 'n' roll.