Welcome to Jess Mayfield, who has joined Shelf Awareness as sales & marketing assistant!
A born-and-raised Seattleite, Jess has been toying with the written-word since before she could hold a pen, and knew from a young age that working in the publishing industry in some capacity was her calling. Like many of her colleagues, she found her footing in independent bookselling before joining the Shelf team, first at Village Books in Bellingham, Wash., and then Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. In 2022, she obtained a BA in Creative Writing from Western Washington University, TA'ing and bussing tables along the way. Recently, she's found her way back to Seattle and is establishing roots in their bustling literary community. The first book she truly fell in love with was Camus' The Stranger. When she's off-the-clock, she can be found with her nose in a memoir or short story collection, trying out a new restaurant, or re-watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the hundredth time.