My Books

World Read Aloud Day

Teachers and Librarians! I will be participating in World Read Aloud Day on February 7, 2024, and offering free 20 minute virtual visits where I’ll read part of BUTTS or BRAINS and answer questions from the kids. If you’d like me to read with your students, click here for more details and to schedule a time.

Author and Filmmaker

Jocelyn Rish

Jocelyn Rish is a writer and filmmaker who loves exploring the magic of stories in all their formats. Her short stories have been published in Highlights for Children and The Post & Courier, and she previously wrote for the MTV News website. Her debut book was published in November of 2021 by Running Press Kids, an imprint of Hachette. It’s a nonfiction picture book called Battle of the Butts, about ten animals that do weird things with their butts. Her next book is Battle of the Brains, about ten animals that have mind-blowing brain powers, which will be published November 8, 2022, by Running Press Kids.

Jocelyn has won awards for her short stories, screenplays, short films, and novels, including the 2020 Book Pipeline YA Unpublished Contest, 2013 SCBWI WIP Grant for Contemporary Novel for Young People, 2009 Highlights Fiction contest, and two different grants to turn her short stories into short films: Saying Goodbye and High Heels & Hoodoo. She and her brother also won a grant to create a feature-length horror anthology called Grave Intentions, which is available on Amazon and other digital platforms.

When Jocelyn’s not writing or doom scrolling social media, she tutors elementary school kids struggling to read through Reading Partners. Jocelyn lives outside of Charleston, SC, with her dogs.

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My Movies

Saying Goodbye

A cat with the ability to predict death and a spunky fellow resident inspire a woman who’s lost everything to enjoy living again.

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High Heels & Hoodoo

A greedy party girl who is so determined to get what she wants that she employs the dangerous magic of a Gullah root doctor to help her cross over into the spirit world for one last conversation with her grandmother.

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Grave Intentions

In this anthology of chills, thrills, and kills, a practitioner of the magical arts teaches the basics of her craft. The most important lesson? You must be mindful of your intention.

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My Blog

FINALLY!!!

Jan 28, 2020

Oops, it’s been another year since my last blog post. And once again I’m revisiting my neglected blog to share super exciting news … I HAVE A BOOK DEAL!!! I've been waiting to write this post for a very long time. If you read my I Have An Agent post from last year,...

I HAVE AN AGENT!!!

Jan 7, 2019

I haven’t posted in a long time. A really long time. Over 14 months – yikes! But how wonderful that I’m revisiting my neglected blog and kicking off 2019 by writing the post I’ve been dying to write since before I even had a blog ... … the I HAVE AN AGENT post!!!...

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 262

Oct 25, 2017

It’s been a whirlwind week! On Wednesday, I was the director of CAMP. Say what? It’s fall, kids are in school not at camp! Well, I’m talking about Kathleen Fox’s fabulous Creative Arts of Mount Pleasant, which offers all kinds of classes for kids and adults. Kathleen...