Jodi Lyn Turchin is an author, high school teacher, photographer, and music enthusiast living in Coral Springs, Florida.
Jodi’s passion for literature in all its forms led her into the classroom, where she has an extensive YA library, curated over a two-decade career, to encourage her teenage students to read for pleasure.

She also has worked with several libraries in the South Florida area to offer creative writing classes for teen writers. Jodi earned a Master’s Degree in English with a thesis titled Reimagining Shakespeare in the Young Adult Contemporary Novel.
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As a writer, Jodi’s work has been featured in local Broward County publications such as South Florida Music News, Rag Magazine, and the Sun-Sentinel newspaper. Her 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.