Jodie Toohey earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Iowa State University with Honors and Distinction with the focus of her honors program being creative writing. She has written as a hobby for nearly thirty years including poetry, essays, fiction, humor, and non-fiction. In February, 2012, Toohey won first place in the Bettendorf Public Library's Love Poem Contest for her poem "Out of the Blue." "The Other Side of Crazy," a poetry collection including this poem was released by the 918Studio publishing company in September, 2013. Her other poetry book, "Crush and Other Love Poems for Girls," was published in 2008. Jodie also has two novels: "Missing Emily: Croatian Life Letters" released in 2012 and "Melody Madson - May It Please the Court?" released in 2014. When she is not writing poetry or fiction, Jodie helps people say what they want to say for their business through her freelance writing and editing business, Wordsy Woman Word Sales and Service. She lives in Iowa near the Mississippi River with her husband, daughter, son, cat, and dog.