Jesse Severson
Jesse Severson spent more than a decade as an award-winning journalist before leaving the industry to become a copywriter for a marketing/advertising agency. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he now lives with his wife in Lemont, Illinois.
He has written three novels (Cody, the Estate Sale, and ReSet) and one novella (Tracks).
You can see more of his writing at JesseSeverson.com.
Jesse’s Books
Tracks
Kate and Maria were destined to be friends.
Set in the fictional suburb of Warren Falls, Tracks follows two young women who meet by chance at a neighborhood running club. What begins as an effortless friendship gradually strains under the weight of diverging life paths and the quiet drift that weakens so many relationships.
Equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking, Tracks is an emotionally resonant story about friendships, the corrosive effects of social media on self-worth, and what it really means to be there for someone you love.
ReSet
Matthew Sterling made the discovery of a lifetime.
A pill that resets a person to perfect health. Cancer, paralysis, Alzheimer’s. No matter the condition, Matthew’s miracle drug cures it. Instead of using it for the benefit of humanity, embittered Matthew capitalizes on people’s desperation so he can become the wealthiest person in the world.
Covering Matthew’s meteoric rise and the stories of three people seeking a once-impossible remedy, ReSet shows the tremendous good and unfathomable bad that a cure-all pill has on society.
The Estate Sale
Theodore O’Connor lived an ordinary life.
Born and raised in Chicago’s South Side, he worked for a living to support a wife and son. He also experienced the extraordinary highs and lows that come with an ordinary life. Joyful celebrations and painful heartbreak. Laughter from mundane conversations and the grief of loss.
At the end of his life, strangers thumb through his collection of things – ordinary items people accumulate over more than eight decades. Told through the life-changing events associated with some of his most common items, the Estate Sale tells the story of how painfully beautiful life can be.
Cody
Cody is a crime novel that is upfront about who-done-it: 10-year-old Cody Jenkins gruesomely shot and killed his abusive father in the middle of the night. With the smell of smoke still in the bedroom, good-hearted Sheriff Cremble is forced to quickly decide what to do. He chooses to hide the truth.
Sam Jenkins’ death was officially a burglary gone wrong.
Told from the perspectives of several key characters in the small West Texas town, we learn how Well Springs moved on after Sam’s death and the emotional toll hiding the truth took on Sheriff Cremble.
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