Jessica N. Watkins was born in Chicago, Illinois. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts with Focus in Psychology from DePaul University and a Masters of Applied Professional Studies with a focus in Business Administration from the like institution. Working in Hospital Administration for the majority of her career, Watkins has also been an author of fiction literature since the young age of nine. She used writing as an outlet during her freshmen year of high school as a single parent. At the age of twenty-eight, her chronicles have matured into steamy, humorous, and realistic tales of African American Romance and Urban Fiction.