J. J. Howard
American writer
J.J. Howard is an American author of young adult fiction. Her debut novel, That Time I Joined the Circus, was published by Scholastic Point in April, 2013. Her second novel, Tracers, was published by Putnam in 2015. The film Tracers starring Taylor Lautner of Twilight fame was released in February of that year. She has written five books for Scholastic's Wish series centering on pugs. The most recent, Girls Just Wanna Have Pugs, was released in 2020.
Biography
J.J. was born and raised in York, Pennsylvania, and attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she earned her BA in English. She moved to Florida in 1998, and continued her teaching career. J.J. taught Advanced Placement (AP) and ninth grade English at a small private school Lake Mary Preparatory School. In 2010, J.J. earned her MH from Tiffin University.
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