Jessica Dee Humphreys is a Canadian writer specializing in international humanitarian and children's issues.

Humphreys received her Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Toronto in 1997,[1] and the following year received her Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Canada's Queen's University.

[7][8] She has also co-authored three books with Roméo Dallaire The Peace[9] Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD[10] and They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children[11][12] Additionally, Humphreys has contributed chapters to several books, ghostwritten others, and was a regular contributor to the Toronto Star from 2020 to 2023.

[29] Her book Waiting for First Light, was longlisted for the Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction[30] and for CBC's Canada Reads competition.

[31] Her work was included in the National Post's list of Best Books of 2016[32] and the 2010 Globe and Mail's Top 100: Non-fiction.