J.A. Wright is the award-winning author of two novels, How to Grow an Addict and Eat and Get Gas.
J.A. (Jodi) Wright was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, USA, and moved to Christchurch, New Zealand in 1990.
She is the author of two award-winning novels, How to Grow and Addict (2015) and Eat and Get Gas (2023).
She is also an event producer and festival director who founded or co-founded several New Zealand festivals, including the World Buskers Festival, the Southland Buskers Festival, the New Zealand International Jazz & Blues Festival, the Christchurch Writers Festival (WORD), and others.
Her first love, however, has always been writing.