"If any book has my name on it, know that the characters will be Black. No matter the genre."
About J.B.
AUTHOR BIO
J.B. Vample is an author who fell in love with the written word at a young age. While in her final year of high school, she came up with the concept of her new adult fiction series The College Life Series. After years of writing only for herself, J.B. published her debut novel College Life 101: Freshman Orientation in 2015. She has since written and published the other eight installments of TCLS and in 2022, she released her tenth novel Right as Reign. Which was her first standalone, and debut into the romance genre. Currently residing in Philadelphia, J.B. continues to write while managing her career as an indie author.
fun facts
1) J.B. Vample is an Aquarius.
2) She attended college at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
3) She enjoys her alone time and feels that having it is necessary for her creativity.
4) She's afraid of heights but admits that she wants to go sky diving one day.
5) She is the oldest of seven children.
6) She is an avid reader.
7) She currently has seven tattoos.
8) She wrote her first complete short story while in the 7th grade.
9) She was once a pretty good artist. Unfortunately, she stopped practicing after being denied acceptance into an art high school.
q&a
Q: What made you write Right as Reign?
A: Let me start by saying that I didn't think that I would or could write a new story so soon after finishing The College Life Series. But in 2020, which was one of the toughest years of my adult life, while I was in the middle of redrafting the last book of my series, this story hit me out of nowhere like a ton of bricks. I was so engrossed in it, that I paused that redraft, and wrote the book in four months...the first draft that is. To say that I love, and am proud of this novel is an understatement.
Q: Right as Reign is categorized as contemporary romance, and The College Life Series is new adult fiction. Why did you decide to switch genres?
A: Honestly, I never planned on sticking to one particular genre. I just write the story that hits me, no matter what, and I actually like the idea of being a multi-genre author. As a matter of fact, I feel that Right as Reign is a combination of romance and women's contemporary, but that could just be me overthinking as usual.
Q: What made you create The College Life Series?
A: I was seventeen years old when this concept came to me. I was sitting at my grandmothers computer and as usual, I started day dreaming. (I have an overactive imagination and tend to live in my head a lot.) I was months away from graduating high school and was set to start college soon after, and I started thinking about what my college life would be like. From there, I created character names, added a description to each one and just started typing. The rest is history.
Q: What are your hopes for readers?
A: I just hope that they enjoy reading the books. That's what any writer hopes for, you know? That readers love my stories as much as I do.
