Jeremy Rodden

@jeremyrodden

About

I spent the first ten years of my professional life in retailsales, working my way up to store management positions in twodifferent Fortune 500 retailers.  Along the way, I managed toearn a BA in Religion and English Writing from La Salle Universityin Philadelphia, PA and an MA in Secondary Education from HolyFamily University, also in Philadelphia.

After completing my Masters, I began teaching high schoolEnglish.  When my second son was born in May, 2010, however,my wife and I decided that it would be more prudent for me to be astay-at-home dad, taking care of the new baby along with my firstson, who was born in June, 2005.  I have since had thechallenge and pleasure of being a homemaker.

It was at this time that I finally grasped the stories that hadbeen in my head since I was a teenager and wrangled them topaper.  Toonopolis began as a silly interactive fiction gameplayed with some real life and virtual friends.  The game onlylasted a few years but the world I had created and my charactersnever escaped my thoughts.

As a writer, I consider C.S. Lewis and Lewis Carroll to be mystrongest influences.  They were able to create magical worldsthat readers of all ages enjoy, which is exactly what I want toachieve with Toonopolis.  It is a lofty goal, indeed, but theonly goals that will invariably be unachievable are the ones thatare not set.