© 2024 Jodi Lyn Turchin

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I’m an author, high school teacher, photographer, and music enthusiast living in Coral Springs, Florida. My passion for literature in all its forms led me into the classroom, where I have an extensive YA library, curated over a two-decade career, to encourage my teenage students to read for pleasure. It’s definitely a challenge, especially lately! I also have worked with several libraries in the South Florida area to offer creative writing classes for teen writers. I earned a Master’s Degree in English with a thesis titled Reimagining Shakespeare in the Young Adult Contemporary Novel. As a writer, my work has been featured in local Broward County publications such as South Florida Music News, Rag Magazine, and the Sun- Sentinel newspaper. My YA manuscripts have earned prizes in the South Florida Writers Network annual writing competitions and earned an honorable mention in the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Florida Rising Kite competition. In addition to writing, I am a skilled visual artist, currently photographing local musicians, models, and the flora and fauna of Florida. I have had two exhibitions of my photographs at the Parkland Library. It is my connection with the local musicians on the South Florida music scene that helps inspire my writing. I’ve been a regular on the local club scene since the late 1980s.