Jamie McGuire

Jamie McGuire (born November 6, 1978) is an American romance novelist from Oklahoma. She writes primarily in the new adult fiction genre, and became popular with the release of her novel Beautiful Disaster. Several of her books have been self-published.

Biography Jamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Blackwell, Oklahoma. McGuire is a 1997 graduate of Blackwell High School. She received further education at Northern Oklahoma College, She holds an Associate Degree of Applied Science in radiography from Northern Oklahoma College. She previously lived in Enid, Oklahoma, and a son. but was disqualified due to residency requirements.

Self-publishing McGuire self-published her first four novels, Providence, Requiem, Beautiful Disaster, and Eden. Due to the success of Beautiful Disaster as a New York Times best seller for the rights to Beautiful Disaster and its sequel, Walking Disaster. Atria Books also published Beautiful Oblivion, Red Hill, and A Beautiful Wedding. Many of her novels have ranked on the New York Times best seller list, including Walking Disaster which also ranked on the USA Today, and Wall Street Journal lists.

In 2014 McGuire returned to self-publishing for her next novel, Happenstance, because she realized she would make a higher profit by keeping her own digital rights. Since then, with the exception of From Here to You and All the Little Lights in 2018, most of her work has been self-published.