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Joni Rodgers

Born

in Tomah, Wisconsin, The United States

January 29, 1962

Website

http://www.jonirodgers.com

Twitter

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Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

Influences

Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Truman Capote, Madeleine L'Engle, Ray ...more

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NYT bestselling author Joni Rodgers was born into a family of gospel/bluegrass musicians and grew up on stage, opening for huge-haired country music legends of the 60s and 70s. She continued performing until 1994, when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and used the chemo downtime to complete her first two novels, both of which were published to critical acclaim. Joni's memoir, Bald in the Land of Big Hair (Harper Collins 2001), garnered glowing reviews around the world, was excerpted in Good Housekeeping, condensed by Reader’s Digest, and is still in print after ten years. It also launched Joni's public speaking career and brought her to the attention of celebrities and others who began asking her to help them tell their stories ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 13,076 ratings · 1,432 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bald in the Land of Big Hair: A True Story 3.87 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Sisters 2.92 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugarland: a novel 3.22 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hurricane Lover 3.63 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crazy for Trying 3.69 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First You Write: The Worst Way to Become an Almost Famous Author And The Best Advice I Got While Doing It 3.93 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kill Smartie Breedlove 3.35 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and other natural disasters 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Late Great Santa Claus 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stormy Sexy Crazy Sweet: Four Complete Novels 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There's a traditional Kenyan prayer: "From the cowardice that dares not deal with new truth, from the laziness that is content with half-truth, from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, Good Lord, deliver me.”
― Joni Rodgers, Bald in the Land of Big Hair: A True Story

tags: prayer, spirituality, truth

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“What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing. You gotta shake your tail feathers.”
― Joni Rodgers

tags: inspirational, marketing

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“Writing is like painting; editing is like sculpture. Same sensibilities, different skill set.”
― Joni Rodgers, First You Write: The Worst Way to Become an Almost Famous Author And The Best Advice I Got While Doing It

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