J. I. Robbins

J. I. Robbins is an educator with teaching and administrative experience in K-12 education. She believes that regardless of grade level, all students deserve to have meaningful literacy experiences and abundant opportunities to access high interest texts. J. I. seeks to create those high interest texts in her own writing. She misses her high school English classroom, most specifically building her own community of learners, matching students with the right book at the right time, and of course, teaching technical and creative writing. J. I. has an extensive educational background in literacy development, language acquisition, educational research, curriculum and instruction, and educational leadership. She is quite satisfied with her status as “ABD” on several advanced degrees and has no intention of continuing her formal education. While J. I. is an accomplished educator, she is also a proud mom to three wild and wicked girls. All three play soccer, basketball, run track, and keep J. I. on her toes with their antics. This makes her life very full and very busy! J. I. is married to her best friend and enjoys every day with him. Her husband is her teammate in parenting, her safe place, her comic relief, her comfort in every storm, and her biggest cheerleader. In addition to all of the things she does on a daily basis, J. I. is a voracious YA reader. She tries to read two books a month and often spends her summer break in a “Battle of the Books” contest with her children. J. I. always wanted to write books and is blessed that life closed certain doors in her face so that she could follow this journey wherever it may lead.