Circa 1977
J.L. HILTON is a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s with Star Wars, Star Trek, Narnia, Disney, Atari 2600, Apple ][, D&D, The Twilight Zone, Heinlein, Bradbury, and the original Battlestar Galactica. She wrote fan letters to Buck Rogers start Gil Gerard at the age of 9 and programmed an interactive text adventure on her TI-99/4A at age 12.
She is the author of Stellarnet Rebel, 2013 EPIC Award finalist for best sci-fi ebook and winner of the Galaxy Award for Best Non-Traditional Romance, and its sequel Stellarnet Prince, both originally published by Carina Press. She also writes video game articles and fanfiction.
As JEWELSMITH, she has a YouTube channel for mature gamers. As JLHjewelry, she makes unique science-fiction/fantasy themed jewelry.
Since 2012, she’s participated in Illogicon, ConTemporal, StellarCon, ConCarolinas, Escapist Expo and other events, as an author, gamer, jewelry designer, and moderator.
- Founded the Raleigh “Can’t Stop the Serenity” annual charity event in 2006
- Featured in a Rings & Things article “Steampunk: The Ultimate in Vintage Fashion,” August 2008
- Contributed to Steampunk Style Jewelry during 2009, published in January 2010
Jen has a dusty old psych degree and a collection of eclectic skills including newspaper reporter, columnist, editor, calligrapher, tarot reader, poet, cake decorator, award-winning photographer, tying a cherry stem in a knot with her tongue, and remembering the lyrics to obscure songs.
Some of her real-life adventures include deciphering Mojave Desert petroglyphs with an archaeology professor, petting a tiger, visiting Thomas Jefferson’s bedroom, interviewing celebrity psychic Kenny Kingston, flying remote-control experimental military technology, having high tea at the Huntington mansion, studying ancient Irish history at Duke University, and learning authentic Elizabethan dialect to work for a master perfume maker at a Renaissance Faire.
Contact her at J.L.Hilton.author (at) gmail (dot) com
Author website: JLHilton.com
Jewelry website: JLHjewelry.com
YouTube gaming channel: Jewelsmith
AO3: Jewelsmith
deviantART: http://jlhilton.deviantart.com/
FAVORITE MOVIES & MUSICALS: The Crow, Legend, Howl’s Moving Castle, Strange Magic, Midnight Madness, Hawk the Slayer, Edward Scissorhands, Beauty and the Beast, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables
FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Vicar of Dibley, Detectorists, Lucifer, Firefly, Babylon 5, ST: TNG, Deadwood, Twilight Zone
FAVORITE ALBUMS: The Wall (Pink Floyd), It’s a Kind of Magic (Queen), Pop Goes the World (Men Without Hats), The Celts (Enya)
FAVORITE SOUNDTRACKS: Labyrinth, Skyrim, The Outer Worlds
FAVORITE VIDEO GAMES: Skyrim, God of War (2018), Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, BioShock, BioShock 2, Dishonored DLC, Wytchwood, Wolfenstein II
FAVORITE BOOKS: Les Miserables, Jane Eyre, Vanity Fair, The Book of Uncommon Prayer (Katherine Mosby)
