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JL Morin
JL Morin grew up in inner-city Detroit. She proffered moral support while her parents sacrificed all to a failed system. Wondering what the Japanese were doing right, she decamped ...view moreJL Morin grew up in inner-city Detroit. She proffered moral support while her parents sacrificed all to a failed system. Wondering what the Japanese were doing right, she decamped to Tokyo. JL Morin's debut Japan novel, SAZZAE, won an eLit gold medal and a Living Now Book Award. Her second novel, TRAVELLING LIGHT, was a USA Best Book Awards finalist, and her third, TRADING DREAMS became 'Occupy's first bestselling novel'. Her climate fiction novel, NATURE'S CONFESSION, won first place in the Dante Rossetti Book Awards, and a Readers' Favorite Book Award, a LitPick 5-Star Review Award, and an excerpt received an Honorable Mention in the Eco-Fiction Story Contest. Her virus novel, LOVEOID, is a Book Excellence Finalist, Cygnus Sci-fi Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Semifinalist, and was shortlisted by the Global Thriller Book Award, and the Fish Story Prize. Morin's writing has appeared in The Huffington Post, Library Journal, The Detroit News, Agence France Presse, European Daily, and the Livonia Observer Eccentric Newspapers. JL Morin's writing draws on a breadth of experience. She traded derivatives in New York while studying nights for her MBA at New York University's Stern School of Business; worked for the Federal Reserve Bank posted to the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center; presented the news as a TV broadcaster; and is adjunct faculty at Boston University.view less