Jodi McAlister

Jodi McAlister is an Australian author and academic. She has published numerous books, including contemporary romance and young adult fiction and academic works regarding romance and literature.

Biography McAlister was born in New South Wales, Australia. She has a PhD in representations of love in popular culture and fiction. She is a senior lecturer at Deakin University. McAlister is the vice-president of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. She is a regular commentator on popular culture, romance fiction, and reality television. Her novel Not Here to Make Friends was named one of the Best Romance Novels of 2024 by New York Times columnist Olivia Waite.

Works

Novels Love Notes

Valentine Series

Marry Me, Juliet Series

McAlister, Jodi (2023) Can I Steal You For A Second? McAlister, Jodi (2024) Not Here to Make Friends .

Others

Academic works

McAlister, Jodi, Parnell, Claire, and Trinidad, Andrea Anne (2023). Publishing Romance Fiction in the Philippines Cambridge, United Kingdom.