Jessie Haynes

Jessie Haynes is a writer who grew up in the Mississippi Delta with her 12 siblings. Her life was infused with the colorful community that included living a block away from the renowned “Hole in the Wall” nightclub that hosted so many of America’s famed blues singers. As a child, she sat a the feet of one of America’s most well-known women in the civil rights effort – Fannie Lou Hamer.

She has lived in on the east and west coasts and in central, northern and southern U.S. The former publisher of two travel magazines, three social magazines and three business directories, Jessie's first job was as a news reporter for Mississippi’s “Delta Democrat-Times Newspaper.” The university relations executive director and chief executive officer of a regional public relations firm is currently focused on her writings. Her book, “10 Stupid Things College Kids Do,” is a self-help guide for first generation college freshmen. The self-published book has had more than 20,000 copies sold since its debut in 2000. Her second book, for which she served as a ghost writer, sold out 10,000 copies in just a few months. She has hosted several local government cable and web TV shows and appeared briefly on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’ the ‘700 Club,’ ‘The Peoples Court’ and a number of market specific news/feature shows.

Jessie has already returned to work on her next book, “Diary of a PR Woman.” She expects to complete it soon and then return to her manuscript that represents part two of “The Grudge Ditch Gang,” covering the teen years of her life as she navigates another whole phase of growing up Cleveland's Low End.