Jody Franklin was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, the youngest of three children. She earned her BA in psychology with a concentration in communications from Wesleyan College, First for Wo...view moreJody Franklin was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, the youngest of three children. She earned her BA in psychology with a concentration in communications from Wesleyan College, First for Women's College in Macon, Georgia. For the past twenty-plus years, she has worked at the University of Florida in several different departments.Jody has always had a passion for writing. Her mother was an educator, her father worked for the Gainesville Sun News, and her sister has self-published a poetry book. Reading, writing, and creativity have always been an influence in her life.Jody met her husband in high school, and after high school, they went their separate ways, only to reconnect four years later. They have been inseparable and happily married ever since. Together they are raising four sons.view less