For the last 10 years Jeannine A. Cook has worked as a trusted writer and designer for several startups, corporations, non-profits, influencers, and most recently herself.
In addition to a holding a master’s degree from The University of the Arts and am MFA from Drexel University.
Jeannine’s work has been recognized by several national and international news outlets including New York Times, Vogue Magazine, Google, Forbes, Inc., Washington Post, Oprah’s Magazine, MSNBC, and the Today Show. She is a proud educator and mother with years of experience teaching creative storytelling in alternative environments from bodegas to city blocks.
Proudly Jeannine has interviewed a number of NYT bestselling authors for national publications including Nicki Giovanni, Nikole Hannah Jones, Dr. Ibram X Kendi, Will Smith, Jason Mott, Imbolo Mbue, and Alice Walker while hosting a monthly Instagram Live Cooking Show with celebrity chefs including Marcus Samuelson and Vallery Lomas.
In February 2020, Jeannine completed her first book of short stories, Conversations With Harriett and opened Harriett’s Bookshop in the Fishtown section of North Philadelphia. In 2021 she opened Ida’s Bookshop in Collingswood, NJ, and Josephine’s Bookshop (an bookshop installation that roves around in Paris), with the mission to celebrate women authors, women artists, and women activists.
Jeannine’s children’s book, affectionately named Harrietts was released in Fall 2022.
Her Harriett’s Coloring Jawn in partnership with The Philadelphia Airport is a coloring book that explores the power of the bookshop community. Released alongside an airport installation of Harriett’s in October 2024.
Jeannine’s debut novel, It’s Me They Follow (Amistad/Harper Collins) will be released on September 23, 2025 and her memoir is forthcoming in 2026.
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