J. C. Todd has authored two chapbooks of poems, Nightshade (2000, 1995), and Entering Pisces (1985), both published by Pine Press. Her poems have appeared in such literary journals as The Paris Review, Prairie Schooner,Virginia Quarterly Review and Beloit Poetry Journal. Todd has received a fellowship and grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, as well as four Pushcart Prize nominations for poetry. She has been a fellow in poetry at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Hambidge Center.