Jeannine Cook Follow

Jeannine Cook is the founder and owner of three bookstores, Harriet’s in North Philadelphia; Ida’s in Collingswood, New Jersey; and Josephine’s, a roaming bookstore in Paris. In addition to a holding a master’s degree from The University of the Arts and an MFA from Drexel University, Jeannine is also a Leeway Art & Transformation grantee and winner of the Black Girl Magic Award, and other awards. She builds communities and is a proud educator and mother with years of experience teaching creative storytelling in alternative environments from bodegas to city blocks. Jeannine lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It’s Me They Follow is her first novel.