J. M. Tompkins is an independent publisher who started her company, Creativity Untamed, in 2019. J. M. has founded and organized conferences and writing groups, including the Atlanta Self-Publishing Conference, the Next Level Writing Group and The Indie Group.

Currently, J.M. is focusing on building Speakeasy Authors which provides virtual self-publishing workshops every month. There is also a Speakeasy Authors Community on Facebook where all writers and authors are welcome to join.

J. M. teaches classes on the various aspects of self-publishing, social media branding, and on writing science fiction.

J. M.’s writings explore several of her passions including nature, technology, and human behavior. Within her novels, she loves combining suspense with interesting science and her fears of what our future society might be like. Interesting science, according to J. M., is the possibilities of current science including Artificial Intelligence, personal data, biohacking, genetic modifications, and more.

J. M currently lives in Georgia and enjoys biking and cooking with her husband, sons, and dog.