Facts: - imagesize: 150px - language: english - period: 2002 -- present - notableworks: black dagger brotherhood series - birth name: jessica rowley pell bird - genre: romance , paranormal romance - spouse: john neville blakemore iii -lrb- 2001 -- present -rrb- - pseudonym: jessica bird ; j. r. ward - birth date: 1969 - awards: rita romance rita award 2008 lover revealed best paranormal romance award 2007 from the first best short contemporary - name: jessica rowley pell bird blakemore - nationality: u.s.american - birth place: massachusetts , united states - alma mater: smith college , albany law school - occupation: novelist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jessica bird .
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jessica rowley pell bird -lrb- born april 1969 in massachusetts , united states -rrb- is a # 1 new york times bestselling american novelist .under her maiden name , jessica bird , she writes contemporary romance novels , and as j.r. ward , she writes paranormal romance .she is a two-time winner of the romance writers of america rita award , once as bird for best short contemporary romance for '' from the first '' , and once as ward for best paranormal romance for '' lover revealed '' .