After reading the Quran "looking for mistakes and inconsistencies" she found none and converted to Islam in July 1980 (Ramadan 19, 1400), and changed her name to Jamilah.
[4][5] Kolocotronis’ first book published in 1990, Islamic Jihad: An Historical Perspective remains her only non-fiction title.
Kolocotronis' first Islamic fiction novel, Innocent People, was written after the September 11 attacks as a reaction to the proliferation of misinformation about Muslims in America.
[6] The themes of the book include anti-Muslim actions and sentiments targeted at the characters, as well as the emotional turmoil felt by individual Muslims who were being associated with the acts of the terrorist.
Her subsequent novels explore other challenges routinely faced by Muslims in America, especially converts to Islam.