Jon Goode is an Emmy nominated writer raised in Richmond, VA and currently residing in Atlanta, GA. Jon’s work has been featured in CNN’s Black in America, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, BET’s Lyric Café and TVOne’s Verses and Flow. He has also written radio commercials for McDonalds, print ads for Nike, and written and appeared in commercials, vignettes and interstitials for MTV, Comedy Central, VH-1 and TVLand/ Nick@Nite. Jon’s work earned him the 2006 Promax Gold for the best copyright in North America. In 2022 he won a gold American Advertising Award for Branded Content and Entertainment Non-Broadcast, a Silver Telly Award, and was again nominated for a Promax. Jon has written and performed individually crafted poems and speeches at national sales meetings, corporate retreats, and executive conferences for over 100 different businesses including General Mills, Boston Scientific, Galderma, Pfizer, Hill-Rom, The Dream Foundation, McDonald's, and Coca Cola to name a few. Jon's collection of poems and short stories, Conduit, was #1 on Amazon for sixteen weeks. His debut novel, Mydas, was a #1 new title on Amazon for five weeks. Jon's latest collection of short stories, Black Curio, released on September 22nd, 2024 was #1 on Amazon for five weeks. Jon is a fellow of A.I.R. Serenbe, co-host of The City Lights Collective on WABE, host and producer for The Common, and a host and storyteller with The Moth.