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Jessica Yinka Thomas is a novelist with a background in mechanical engineering and social entrepreneurship. As managing director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, she has authored several award-winning academic articles. Jessica has worked as a designer of interactive educational toys, as the director of a social enterprise business plan competition and as a program manager for a community development nonprofit. How Not to Save the World is her first novel.


Jessica’s writing highlights her twin passions for technological innovation and for creating significant social change through entrepreneurial ventures. Growing up in West Africa and traveling around the world has...more


Many thanks to Jimelle for the fantastic review of How Not To Save The World on her blog Kindle Kandy!

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"This story works because:Remi is a wonderfully likable character. She reacts in exactly the right ways to the events that are careening out of control around her.The author does a wonderful job of helping us feel Remi's emotions throug... read more »
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How Not to Save the World
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" At first I wasn’t overly impressed. It was a good story, but then with a single detail the author hooked me and made me really love the story. That detail involved the Scuba dress.

I though the idea bad at first, a futuristic detail dropped in to g... "
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" This was a great book! Remi was fascinating and I really felt for her struggles. I also loved the humor (especially Izi's comment: "I'm drowning in nerds and I'm loving it"!) and the characters, all incredibly compelling.

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" Loved this one and could not put it down.

Looking forward to more books by this author,and especially about this character.
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"Jimelle - Thanks so much for the thoughtful review! And for all you do to nurture the growing indie author community! - Jessica Yinka Thomas "
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Daniel Chamberlayne Hi Jessica!

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