About the Author

Education and Accomplishments

Formal Education

Having been educated in some of the most prestigious settings, including an early enrichment program at Oberlin College that her mother insightfully enrolled her in, K-12 in Oberlin with an immersive study abroad her mother and grandparents invested in, proceeding to and graduating from Bennett College, a private, all girls' HBCU (bachelor’s degree) culminating with multiple options based on a high GRE score to complete graduate studies at prestigious universities all over the country (including the University of Pennsylvania), Jermayne chose DePaul University where she completed her master’s degree.

Jermayne’s formal studies include Urban Education, English, Journalism/Mass Communications.

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Accomplishments

Formal Education

Creative and talented in academics, Jermayne successfully embarked on professional ventures in writing, media, public speaking, professional development and education.

Some of Jermayne’s accomplishments include top sales at nationwide book retailers including Barnes and Noble, Walden, and Borders as well as a bookstore in New Orleans wher

Creative and talented in academics, Jermayne successfully embarked on professional ventures in writing, media, public speaking, professional development and education.

Some of Jermayne’s accomplishments include top sales at nationwide book retailers including Barnes and Noble, Walden, and Borders as well as a bookstore in New Orleans where, at the time of signing, Jermayne’s book sales came in second only to Anne Rice. Jermayne also was featured at venues including BEA, Essence Festival, and various other prestigious book events nationwide, including Borders Hawaii during the NFL Pro Bowl.

In media, Jermayne successfully established relationships with multiple major broadcast media outlets for NFL clients securing multiple appearances, ran a player’s foundation, and carried out various PR launches that consistently landed multiple broadcast media segments for her NFL player clientele.

In education, Jermayne has taught literature and writing courses and other courses at various colleges including composition and writing at National Louis University which offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

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The Books and Their Venues

J. Jermayne is the author of seven published books that include Snapshots as both her most recent publication as well as her first published book. Snapshots, a love story: Take 2 is actually a revision of Jermayne's first published novel which was the first of its kind, exploring life off the field in the world of professional sports from the vantage point of a significant other.

The success of the original version of Snapshots was widespread, as it landed Jermayne as a facilitator for an NFL team's Rookie Seminar/Life Skills development with an option for the Rookie Symposium and additional seminars.

Jermayne structured learning experiences for NFL rookies who would face challenges that were synonymous with the issues that were true to their own actual experiences including adjusting to entering the League, adapting to life away from friends and families, pressures associated with the game itself as well as personal and relationship dynamics that all effect a player's personal growth and development.

As a credit to how realistic and relatable Snapshots was, the players made comments on the segments they were given to problem solve like "that's real" and they requested copies for training camp. From that time on, Jermayne continued to write books with characters and situations that were vivid and alive.

At least two more of her books were NFL themed (Cleaning Out My Closet and Game Face). These books continued to resonate with active players, retired players, significant others, families, and executives who credited how true to life-in-the-game the situations in Jermayne’s books were.

NFL Seminar, Courses, Colleges, Book Clubs, and more

As a result of Jermayne's vivid, vibrant, and relatable storytelling, Jermayne's books have been featured in other settings that include book clubs that have invited Jermayne in to talk with them about her books as well as educators who have requested her books for literature courses.

The rich and classical elements of Jermayne's writing are borne from her formal graduate school, collegiate, and high school studies of literature. As well, Jermayne has taught literature so her interactions with groups who invite her to speak, lecture, or run seminars is structured, robust, and engaging.

Literature courses using Jermayne's books provide rich texts that embody the classical structure and techniques of strong storytelling with plots that have multiple layers of meaning and multidimensional characters. These qualities have made Jermayne's books a great fit for colleges, book clubs, literature circles, and organizations, including sports teams.

The Range of Writing

Jermayne has personally had a long history of verbal storytelling, writing poetry and short stories which, according to her mother, began in kindergarten.

One of Jermayne’s strongest suits is writing engaging, entertaining, and educational stories with characters who can be analyzed on the psychodynamics of their realistic depictions. Further enhancing the reading experience is the space Jermayne’s stories create for discussing the practical life lessons that can be gleaned.

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In addition to her fictional novels, Jermayne has a nonfiction text It's Nice To Be Nice that is categorized as self-development. Life experiences guided Jermayne into a place of deep introspection and reflection which led to her writing one of the books she is most proud of: the chief reason being that It's Nice To Be Nice is about far more than just being nice or even being kind.

It's Nice To Be Nice offers readers an opportunity to walk themselves through practical steps for living from the better self.

The Distinguishing Trait

The distinguishing and unifying characteristic of Jermayne's works is that they come from a place of depth and clarity. Jermayne's writing is realistic and gives readers a sense that they are stepping into a story or situation that they can work through in order to arrive at a better space within themselves.

Jermayne finds deep meaning in that because beyond providing an entertaining or informative reading experience, Jermayne’s ultimate goal is to be part of people's journey to grow themselves.

Reading any book by Jermayne warmly welcomes all readers to live, love, laugh, and learn: four things that Jermayne values.