Jodee Blanco

Jodee Blanco (born March 19, 1964) is an American author and lecturer. She is the author of Please Stop Laughing at Me . . . One Woman's Inspirational Story, a New York Times best selling memoir that led to her becoming an anti-bullying crusader. She was an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Publishing at New York University. She attended Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois and The American Community School in Halandri, Greece.

Blanco completed an associate's degree from The School of Continuing Education at New York Universityin 1984 and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from New York University's Washington Square School of Arts & Sciences in 1986. In 1992, she founded Blanco & Peace, Ltd. with publicist Lissy Peace, where she created multi-media campaigns for celebrities, corporations, production companies and publishers. Among the individuals and entities that she's worked with include Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen, Oleg Cassini, Universal Studios, Warner Books, among others. The book received the Celebration of Hope Award from then-senator Joe Biden.

Blanco has delivered her lecture series, It's NOT Just Joking Around!™ (INJJA), to students, teachers and parents in schools across the United States. She is the author of eight books and co-author of three. Her work has been featured on CBS, CNN, The New York Times and other notable media.