A graduate of USC, Joni Ravenna is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, as well as a TV writer and journalist whose articles have appeared in national newspapers and regional magazines. She was host and head writer of the TV series, Earth Trek (PBS) and the ACE-nominated TV series, Great Sports Vacations - at one time The Travel Channel's highest rated show - while also writing and hosting select segments for E! and ESPN. Her stage plays are routinely produced including the critically acclaimed, "Beethoven and Misfortune Cookies," (Smith & Kraus) which is based on the true life of Kabin Thomas, a black music professor teaching in the deep South who was fired after a white student complained about his radical style. The oft-produced play is a New Works of Merit Honoree (2016) among other accolades. She is also co author of "YOU LET SOME GIRL BEAT YOU?- The Ann Meyers Drysdale Story" with Ann. Forbes called the book "A stunning portrayal of one of today's legendary women's basketball treasures and a candid look at the faith, courage and determination it takes to be a champion on the courts and in life." In 2020, the PIPELINE BOOK ADAPTATION TEAM selected it runner-up out of more than 1700 published books.