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Jon Goode

The PATTERN of Storytelling

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Emmy-nominated author, poet, and playwright Jon Goode talks about how PATTERN inspires his creativity

Featuring quilter Meagan Guite and author, poet, and playwright explore the theme PATTERN

About the speaker

Jon Goode is an Emmy nominated writer raised in Richmond, VA and currently residing in Atlanta, GA. Jon’s work has been featured in CNN’s Black in America, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, BET’s Lyric Café and TVOne’s Verses and Flow. He has also written radio commercials for McDonalds, print ads for Nike, and written and appeared in commercials, vignettes, and interstitials for MTV, Comedy Central, VH-1 and TVLand/ Nick@Nite. Jon’s work earned him the 2006 Promax Gold for the best copyright in North America. In 2022 he won a gold American Advertising Award for Branded Content and Entertainment Non-Broadcast, a Silver Telly Award, and was again nominated for a Promax. Jon's collection of poems and short stories, Conduit, was #1 on Amazon for sixteen weeks. His debut novel, Mydas, was a #1 new title on Amazon for five weeks. Jon is a Fellow of AIR Serenbe and the current host of The Moth, Atlanta.

Mydas the debut novel from Jon Goode is now a #1 new title on Amazon, and available.
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