Born in Wildwood, NJ, Meg O'Brien now lives in Houston, Texas. The mother of five children, she worked at innumerable jobs ranging from secretarial positions to housecleaning and freelance editing, before writing her first 'Jessica James' mystery novel which started her on the road to publishing success.

'Jesse', the protagonist of the Jessica James mystery series, is a reformed alcoholic and freelance investigative reporter who has some amazing adventures with the Mob and some other heavyweight organizations.