There, she wrote from an early age, illustrating her own stories, and was influenced by the works of Ray Bradbury and L. Frank Baum.

'[3] Gammon graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology[4] and worked for several years as a research technologist in academic laboratories.

[5] Gammon self-published her space opera series The Questrison Saga under the pen name J. Dianne Dotson.

[8] Alan K. Dell praised the Questrison Saga as "a fantastic read",[9] and The Fantasy Hive described The Shadow Galaxy as "a mesmerizing first collection".

[16] Jendia Gammon is married to British sci-fi author Gareth L. Powell, and lives in Los Angeles, California, with her family.