{"id":1503,"date":"2021-05-03T04:18:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T04:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preshrodgers.com\/authorbellajay\/biography\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:50:33","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/preshrodgers.com\/authorbellajay\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"About Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1503\" class=\"elementor elementor-1503\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78db596 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78db596\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d8d241\" data-id=\"7d8d241\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/preshrodgers.com\/authorbellajay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-997e3ef\" data-id=\"997e3ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c43ec elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"45c43ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1932ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"c1932ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">I write books for women like me, who look like me, who love love like me, and  who love to curl up with a book that they can fall in love with -- like me. I, especially, write books for women who want to see Black love front and center because we all want to be loved, appreciated, and desired -- flaws and all --- just like my characters. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Bella jay<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-439633f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"439633f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Pancakes are her favorite food (waffles ain&#8217;t shit)<\/li><li>Has traveled to over 25 countries<\/li><li>Is a cancer #julybaby <em>(Cancer sun, Capricorn moon, Scorpio rising)<\/em><\/li><li>Favorite color is different shades of purple with a dash of pink and a new appreciation for orange<\/li><li>Lived abroad in South Korea for 3 years as an English Teacher<\/li><li>Obsessed with Korean things!<\/li><li>Has way too many favorite books<\/li><li>Loves homemade ginger tea<\/li><li>Speaks sarcasm fluently and likes to talk shit<\/li><li>Has a potty mouth \ud83d\ude42<\/li><li>Proud AlumKnight #UCF<\/li><li>Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.<\/li><li>Loves Disney!<\/li><li>Loves love \u2764\ufe0f<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element 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