I am an experienced educator, but now I channel my journey into writing, using my books to transform personal challenges into powerful storytelling.
About the Author
Lori Vollandt
Lori Vollandt writes stories shaped by a lifetime spent confronting violence and the systems that
allow it to persist. Her work asks what happens when women stop waiting for justice and begin
creating their own.
For more than thirty years, she worked in public education, promoting healthy relationships,
nonviolence, and social and emotional well-being. She taught high school in Downtown Los
Angeles and later moved into district leadership after earning her Master’s and Doctorate in
Education from UCLA. Her work centered on equity, access, and social justice.
After retiring, Lori experienced a personal betrayal that revealed how something can be legal and
still profoundly unethical. Storytelling became a way to reclaim a voice that had been taken from
her.
Her series, Come Join the Circle, follows women who refuse to wait for justice that never
arrives. Through their stories, Lori explores power, accountability, and the strength found in
collective action.
My Projects
These books are my reckoning. They are not revenge fantasies. They are resistance narratives. These women take lives—but with precision, not chaos. They dismantle the men who harm others by turning arrogance into their Achilles’ heel. These are men who never imagined women could be powerful enough to pose a credible threat—until it’s too late. The
violence in these stories is calculated, quiet, and poetic in its justice.
They are inspired by the power, intelligence, and courage of real women—those who resist in silence and in fire. The enslaved Black women who spied for the Union Army. The women of the French Resistance. The girls in Iran who remove their hijabs in protest. Malala, who refused to be silenced after being shot for speaking out. This is a global sisterhood, and I am simply adding my voice.
I still believe in change. I still believe in the next generation. I see young women rising—bold, brilliant, unafraid. I see emotionally grounded men who stand beside them, not above them. That gives me hope.
My stories are shaped by the sharp logic of Sherlock Holmes, the momentum of The Bourne Identity, the justice-fueled grit of Kill Bill, and the moral clarity of Robin Hood. These women don’t wait to be saved. They save each other—and they do it with surgical precision.
“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.”
—Mexican proverb
This is my truth. And I write so others might recognize theirs—and know they are never alone.
