Background
Jesse Scot Greever was born on April 22, 1976 in Hannibal, Missouri.
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He attended, and eventually graduated from Chillicothe High School, where he exhibited great interest in science, mathematics, theatre, music and writing. Ultimately, he abandoned pre-medical and he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1998. He continued his education in the Chemistry Department at the University of Missouri where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry in 2005.
Career
His family moved to Chillicothe, Missouri when he was two years old. Upon graduating with his high school diploma, he enrolled at Southwest Missouri State University as a pre-medical student. During his tenure at the University of Missouri, he took a position coordinating a laser technology program for Linn State Technical College (the state technical college of Missouri) in 2002.
In 2006, he moved to Washington, District of Columbia, where he worked at the Naval Research Laboratory in the Optical Sciences Division.
Two years later, he moved to the Dallas, Texas area, where he took a position with Spectra-Physics Lasers (a Division of Newport Corporation). All throughout his professional career, Greever constantly honed his writing craft, authoring dozens of short stories and works of flash fiction.
However, he was unable to find a market for his writing until 2010, when he wrote the flash fiction story "A Summer Wedding". "A Summer Wedding" was later translated into Spanish under the title "Una boda de verano", and has remained in the Top 100 Spanish-Language e at Barnes & Noble (which includes full-length works as well as short stories), as well as maintaining the Number 1 Bestseller position at Sony etore for Spanish Language est
In 2010, Greever also released the short stories "5" and "The Annex".
In 2011, Greever released another eBook short story, "Collisions", which received 4.25 out of 5.00 stars from Night Owl Reviews. In early 2012, Greever"s short story "Rumspringa", spent a month-long period on Amazon"s eBook Short Story Top 100 list, making it his most successful release to date. In December 2011, Greever released Learning to Give in a Getting World with co-author Marc R. This marked his first full-length book, as well as his first traditional paperback publication, and dealt with the topic of sacrificial giving in the Christian church.
In addition to his writing, Greever maintains an active blog where he has interviewed a number of authors, including New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson.
