Author J. Marie is a former Scott County native. She currently resides in Carthage Mississippi where she works as a Food Inspector. J. Marie is an upcoming author who started out writing poetry at the age of nine. She has since crossed over into short erotic stories, poetry, and novels. J Marie was featured in a 2010 anthology called Naughty and Definitely Not Nice with her story called, "It's better to give than to receive." Her first poetry book entitled "Deeper than me" was released in February of 2013 as well as her first two novels, “Death by Three” and “Creepin.” Author J. Marie is working on two new books called “As I am” and “Genocide” that are set to be released later this year. She is a 2005 graduate of Forest High School and a former East Central Community College student where she studied Business.