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The Arriviste called Jodi Baker’s Between Lions Series, “America’s answer to Harry Potter.” USA Today called her first book, TRUST, “Must-Read YA” and put it on their list of Top Recommended Romance Books of 2015. In addition to writing, Jodi also gives Youth Empowerment Talks and teaches a Creating Kickass Heroines workshop for teens. She has been interviewed on diversity, writing fantasy, feminism, and youth empowerment by numerous media outlets, such as THRIVE GLOBAL, and Dr. Maxine Thompson on Artist First Radio, as well as having been a repeat guest panelist at various Book and Writing Events, including the Leimert Book Fair, voted one of LA’s Top Five Book Fairs.
As a child the only punishment Jodi ever feared was not being allowed her weekly visit to the library. At boarding school, though an enthusiastic student, her late night reading fests frequently made her late for first period. Luckily, it was a high school for Performing Arts, where the classes she was good at (writing, theatre, dance & visual art) happened in the afternoon. After attending Carnegie Mellon University, she spent several months performing plays on the island of Cyprus, which was where she fell in love with mythology. When she returned to the U.S.A. Jodi lived in New York City. After a summer of working as a tour guide for the Natural History Museum, Jodi developed an addiction for wandering through all of NYC's incredible museums - especially the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also spent many hours sitting between the infamous library lions, dreaming up the kinds of stories she wanted to create.
Now Jodi happily lives in Los Angeles, in a house lined with books instead of wallpaper, where she is working on her third book, as well as a television show inspired by the world of the Between Lions Series.
The Arriviste called Jodi Baker’s Between Lions Series, “America’s answer to Harry Potter.” USA Today called her first book, TRUST, “Must-Read YA” and put it on their list of Top Recommended Romance Books of 2015. In addition to writing, Jodi also gives Youth Empowerment Talks and teaches a Creating Kickass Heroines workshop for teens. She has been interviewed on diversity, writing fantasy, feminism, and youth empowerment by numerous media outlets, such as THRIVE GLOBAL, and Dr. Maxine Thompson on Artist First Radio, as well as having been a repeat guest panelist at various Book and Writing Events, including the Leimert Book Fair, voted one of LA’s Top Five Book Fairs.
As a child the only punishment Jodi ever feared was not being allowed her weekly visit to the library. At boarding school, though an enthusiastic student, her late night reading fests frequently made her late for first period. Luckily, it was a high school for Performing Arts, where the classes she was good at (writing, theatre, dance & visual art) happened in the afternoon. After attending Carnegie Mellon University, she spent several months performing plays on the island of Cyprus, which was where she fell in love with mythology. When she returned to the U.S.A. Jodi lived in New York City. After a summer of working as a tour guide for the Natural History Museum, Jodi developed an addiction for wandering through all of NYC's incredible museums - especially the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also spent many hours sitting between the infamous library lions, dreaming up the kinds of stories she wanted to create.
Now Jodi happily lives in Los Angeles, in a house lined with books instead of wallpaper, where she is working on her third book, as well as a television show inspired by the world of the Between Lions Series.
Kick Ass Heroine Quote from TRUST, by Jodi Baker. Between Lions Series.