JoAnn Adinolfi

I am the illustrator and writer of many books for young readers. My latest book MARIE'S OCEAN: MARIE THARP MAPS THE MOUNTAINS UNDER THE SEA by Josie James (my pen name) was released in September 2020. (Henry Holt/Macmillan). MARIES OCEAN is a Junior Library Guild Selection and has been honored as an NSTA Best STEM BOOK 2021 and an NCSS 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young Readers.

To learn more about me, please visit my website: www.joannadinolfi.com. You may follow me on Instagram@joann_adinolfi or Twitter @adinolf_studio.

About my pen name: I have been writing and illustrating as JoAnn Adinolfi for a long time and it felt right to move forward into a new chapter of writing and illustrating with a name that gives me strength and confidence, so I combined my parents' names. I hope that all the books I create as Josie James demonstrate joy, humor, creativity and integrity and bring stories to life in the best tradition of children's literature. Remembering names and lives well lived is the joy of story telling.