Jimmy Autrey II (born June 21, 1980), is an American author from the small mountain town of Burnsville, North Carolina. He is the son of Jimmy and Judy Autrey. He has one younger brother, Alex Justin Autrey. Autrey graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002 with a double major in English and journalism. He went on to complete the post-B.A. elementary education teacher licensure program at the University of North Carolina at Asheville in April 2005. Autrey's published works include the poetry book Decadently Wholesome: 100 Poems About Life and Love (2001) and the horror novel What Big Teeth You Have: A Vampire Tale (2004).