Jessica Maloy grew up in Mingo Junction, Ohio, moving to Pennsylvania, where she still lives, when she was 10 years old. As a child she enjoyed playing with dolls like Barbie’s. She loves flowers, animals and all things DIY (Do It Yourself).

When Jessica was in her 30’s she came to the realization that she was physically strong. She was encouraged to compete in Powerlifting and with hard work she became very successful in her competitions. In her 4 years of competing she earned 12 World Records, 6 National Records and 24 Pennsylvania State Records. One of the benefits of these competitions was that she could show by example, and also spread the word, that girls can be strong. She often heard people comment that she was “strong for a girl”, when “for a girl” was not necessary….both boys and girls can be strong. Jessica finds it very empowering to be a strong female. In her book she wanted Rosie to be strong and also feminine.

During the summer of 2020 with COVID and quarantine, Jessica was inspired by the idea of building “a cute little greenhouse” in her backyard. She loves designing and decorating and her husband, Patrick, is very handy and loves carpentry. They had a lot of fun putting the greenhouse together. That was the start of her business Palmyra. She knew it was meant to be! While she loves growing flowers and designing floral arrangements, her favorite part of the business is delivering flowers to people. Seeing the smiles on people’s faces made her realize that she needed to get more flowers out to more people. A great way to get more flowers to more people was to create “Rosie”. Patrick grew up in a family that loved antique cars and even helped his dad, Eddie, restore a 1964 ½ Ford Mustang when he was in middle school. So it wasn't difficult to talk him into the Flower Truck idea, especially using an old Ford truck. Eddie and Dibo, the cars in this story, are named after their fathers, both of whom have passed away. Both fathers are created into their favorite antique cars for the story. In this book, Eddie was Ed's nickname, Patrick's father, and Dibo is the nickname for Jessica’s father, Gary. These special cars are friends of Rosie in this story.

Jessica and her husband, Patrick, have one son, Alex. They live in Palmyra, Pennsylvania and share their home with 2 dogs and a cat.