Simone Amelia Jordan is Australia’s most successful hip-hop journalist. She has contributed to 'The Source', 'VIBE', 'Rolling Stone', ABC and SBS and her celebrity interviews have notched over 13 million YouTube views. Simone founded and edited Australia’s highest-selling rap/R&B newsstand title, 'Urban Hitz' magazine and mentors the next generation of multicultural talent through her work with Media Diversity Australia and Diversity Arts Australia.

Simone’s memoir 'Tell Her She’s Dreamin’' tracks her journey from Australia to New York City where she experienced it all from love to loss, grappling with her family ties to culture, the growth of her career and also struggles through chronic illness and sexual grooming.

Simone's story is about defying the odds to reach for your dreams. But it is also about figuring out that those dreams can change as you do.

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