Zenzi Hodge

If you asked Zenzi Hodge what she wanted to be when she grew up, you would not have heard the word author but that is what she has been for most of her life, whether she wants to admit it or not. Zenzi is the daughter of teachers, and writing has been a part of what she has done since she wrote her first poem about living on St. Thomas, published in a children's anthology when she was in elementary school. Her love for creative expression continued but she purely wrote poems for fun not, as she would say, for public consumption. In 2007, Zenzi began writing short stories for her son to share with him his family history. But her passion for writing for young children came in 2011 after she lost her grandfather and she took the words her son used to express his sadness to write a story titled, I Can't See the Morning.

While the character in The Never Snowy Christmas is inspired by her son, much of the antics are of her own imagining as she STILL wishes for snow on St. Thomas. Zenzi is an alumna of Florida A&M and Clark Atlanta Universities and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She resides on St. Thomas with her husband and son.