Writer. Lion-walker.

Jessica Brodie is a writer, a mother, a wife, and a fierce and loving warrior of God—and she lives to shine the light of Christ and share beautiful, diverse, and authentic stories of love, grace, faith, and redemption.

Jessica Brodie is an award-winning journalist, author, blogger, editor, inspirational speaker, and devotional writer with thousands of articles to her name and a huge heart for people and their inspiring redemption stories. A humanitarian who draws her inner strength and convictions from the mighty spirit of God, she is unafraid to go where needed to get a story or do what the Lord asks, whether that’s the inner city, a roof doing mission repairs, or walking with lions in Gweru, Zimbabwe.

Jessica has a passion for writing captivating, intelligent, escapist Christian fiction, the kind of books you can’t put down. Her Christian contemporary novel, The Memory Garden, released this spring and has been in the top ten Christian women’s fiction and Christian contemporary books on Amazon; book two in the series, Tangled Roots, releases in fall 2025, and book three, Hidden Seeds, releases in spring 2026.

She helped found a publishing company, the Advocate Press, and also writes Christian living and devotional books, including Preparing Our Hearts, an Advent devotional, and Darkness to Light: Finding Jesus in the Valley of Mental Illness.

She has won more than 100 writing awards from the North and South Carolina press associations, Religion Communicators Council, and United Methodist Association of Communicators. She is a seasoned speaker and frequent contributor to Christianity.com, BibleStudyTools.com, and the United Methodist News Service, and she is also the editor of the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate, the oldest newspaper in Methodism.

A native of Miami, Florida, she now makes her home in South Carolina with her husband Matt, four children, three misfit cats, and one giant German Shepherd. She has fallen in love with the transformational stories and secrets rooted in the deep history of the state, as well as the cacophony of old and new that fill her senses. She strives to build a cherished community and ministry through all she does.

Besides her novels, her books include:

Jessica holds a Master of Arts in English and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in communications/print journalism from Florida International University. Before moving to South Carolina, she was managing editor for the Crossroads Chronicle newspaper in Cashiers, North Carolina, and was a college writing instructor (Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale and Florida International University in Miami).

She and her husband also own and operate a media production and digital marketing agency, Brodie Media, based in South Carolina.

An avid reader since the age of two, Jessica has been writing stories since she was old enough to hold a pencil. Her favorite toy was her mother's old typewriter, and if she weren't a writer, she'd likely be a librarian, run a bookstore, or be on stage acting her heart out.

She is represented by Bob Hostetler of The Steve Laube Agency.

Take a look at Jessica’s other writing (blogs, freelance articles, devotionals, articles, and more), here.