JoJo Lee (she/her) received her B.A. in English and Philosophy from Tufts University, where her long-held fascination with gender dynamics, women writers, and children’s literature culminated in her senior thesis “Reading Little Women and Anne of Green Gables Queerly.” Prior to joining Dial in 2024, she interned at Astra Books for Young Readers, W. W. Norton, and Yale University Press. She has always had a soft spot for middle grade, which she believes is the peak of literature, but she’s also partial to stories that get philosophical, that both affirm and unsettle, or that feature illustrations that make her laugh out loud. When she isn’t assisting Jess Garrison and Ellen Cormier, you can find her listening to an ever-growing rotation of podcasts, practicing yoga, or watching Bluey.