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Erin Austen Abbott
Erin Austen Abbott spent her early adult life globe-trotting through major cities before making the decision to settle in a small town in...
Jim Abbott
Jim Abbott is the retired editor/publisher of the
Enterprise-Tocsin
newspaper (Indianola/Sunflower County Mississippi). He is a native of Greenwood. He earned...
Elizabeth Agyemang
Elizabeth Agyemang is the author of several books, including the young adult mystery thriller
Heart-Shaped Lies
, and the graphic novels
...
Lokelani Alabanza
Lokelani Alabanza is a pastry chef with 20+ years' experience. Over the course of her career, she has invented over 300 ice cream flavors. Based...
Jane Alexander
Jane Clover Alexander, CFRE, has an immense love for her community, a strong belief in the power of giving and an enduring interest...
Steve Almond
Steve Almond is the author of twelve books, including the NYT bestsellers
Candyfreak
and
Against Footbal
l
. His...
Dr. Stanley Andrisse
Dr. Stanley Andrisse, PhD, is an endocrinologist, tenured professor, author, and nationally recognized advocate for education and criminal justice reform. He is an...
Steve Azar
Steve Azar, a Mississippi Delta native, is a hit songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. He has released seven critically acclaimed studio...
David Baerwald
David Baerwald is an award-winning singer-songwriter, composer, and recording artist, best known for his critically acclaimed hit album with David Ricketts, Boomtown. He...
Lee Bains
Lee Bains is a poet and songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama, who has released four studio albums of what Rolling Stone calls "Southern gospel...
Angela Ball
Angela Ball's poems, prose, and translations have appeared in
Boulevard, Poetry, The Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, Ploughshares, The North American Review,
...
Henry Barbour
Henry's extensive political experience and success in state and national campaigns brings him into contact with a diverse array of leaders, policymakers, journalists...
Eric Battle
Eric Battle is an illustrator, curator, and art director whose career has covered the spectrum of comic books and graphic novels, children's books,...
Christopher Benson
Christopher Benson is an Emmy Award-winning lawyer, journalist, and associate professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He co-authored, with the late...
MiMi Bishop
A proud Mississippian raised in Madison, Amirhea "MiMi" Bishop has built her academic and professional career around telling, preserving, and memorializing the stories...
Barbara & Edward Blackmon, Jr.
Bio coming soon.
David Blount
David Blount grew up in Jackson. He is a graduate of Davidson College and the University of Virginia. Prior to returning home to ...
Katie Blount
Katie Blount became director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History February 1, 2015. Blount began her career at MDAH in 1994 in the public information section....
Joe Bond
Hope House
is Joe Bond's first novel. He began working on it after his story "Damico" won The Masters Review Short Story...
Lee Boudreaux
Lee, Vice President and Executive Editor, joined Doubleday in 2018 and publishes exclusively fiction, seeking out unexpected stories and original voices in novels notable...
Matthew Bounds
Matthew Bounds, AKA Your Barefoot Neighbor, is a
New York Times
bestselling author who believes that feeding our families and ourselves shouldn’t...
Sarah Braunstein
Sarah Braunstein is the author of
Bad Animals
and
The Sweet Relief of Missing Children
. Her writing has appeared in ...
Rita Brent
Rita Brent is an award-winning comedian, musician, and military veteran whose talents were lovingly shaped by her mother, singer-pianist Dr. Angela Weathersby, in...
Mary Ryan Brown
Mary Ryan Brown is an ambitious rose-sniffer. Born, raised, and still residing in Mississippi, Mary Ryan both mocks and participates in the cultural carnival of...
Michael Buckley
Michael Buckley is the
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Sisters Grimm
and
NERDS
series and the...
A’Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles is the author of
Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance
- the first major biography of her ...
Belle Burden
Belle Burden is a pro bono immigration attorney specializing in juvenile cases. Her writing has appeared in the
New York Times
. She lives...
Tisha Campbell
Tisha Campbell began her expansive career at the tender age of three, successfully spanning five decades in all show business genres, including singing, acting, directing,...
Tracy Carr
Tracy Carr is a researcher, editor, and writer in Jackson, Mississippi. A former English instructor and librarian, she has a BA in English...
Rick Cleveland
Mississippi Today
columnist Rick Cleveland, a Hattiesburg native and Jackson resident, is the most decorated sports journalist in Mississippi history. A 1975...
Chris Danielson
Chris Danielson is a historian specializing in the Civil Rights Movement. He received his PhD in American history from the University of Mississippi...
Patrick Dean
Patrick Dean is the author of
A Window to Heaven: The Daring Ascent of Denali, American's Wildest Peak
and
Nature's
...
Todd Doughty
Todd Doughty is VP, Executive Director of Publicity for Doubleday. He has worked with John Grisham, Jane Mayer, Maya Angelou, Dan Brown, Kevin...
Saddiq Dzukogi
Saddiq Dzukogi is a Nigerian poet and an assistant professor of English at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of
Your
...
John T. Edge
John writes and hosts the Emmy Award-winning television show TrueSouth on the SEC Network, ESPN, Disney, and Hulu. Edge also writes a restaurant...
Liz Egan
Liz is a lecturer in Creative Writing and Director of the McMullan Writers Workshops at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. She holds an MFA from...
Helen Ellis
Helen is the author of five books including the
New York Times
bestselling
American Housewife and Southern Lady Code
. She writes...
W. Ralph Eubanks
W. Ralph Eubanks is a faculty fellow and writer in residence at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of...
Sonia Feldman
Sonia Feldman is the author of the debut novel Girl's Girl-a national bestseller,
New York Times
Editors' Choice book and Belletrist...
Beth Ann Fennelly
Beth Ann Fennelly, a 2020 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, was the poet laureate of Mississippi from 2016-2021 and teaches in the MFA...
Ellen Ann Fentress
Ellen Ann is a journalist, writer and filmmaker. Her book
The Steps We Take: A Memoir of Southern Reckoning
is being released...
Jordan LaHaye Fontenot
Born and raised in the Acadiana in South Louisiana, Jordan LaHaye Fontenot's work as a writer and editor is an ongoing exploration of...
Crystal Forte
Crystal Forte is a proud graduate of the class of 2008 and 2010 of Miles College. She also holds a Masters in English Language Arts ...
Emily Franklin
Emily Franklin is the bestselling author of twenty-five books including
The Lioness of Boston
, based on the life of trailblazer Isabella...
Tom Franklin
Tom Franklin is the
New York Times
Bestselling author of multiple novels, including
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
, which won the...
William Freeman III
William Freeman is a higher education and criminal justice reform advocate dedicated to advancing policies that expand educational access for people impacted by...
Coulter Fussell
Coulter Fussell (b. 1977, Columbus, Georgia) is a visual artist who lives and works in Water Valley, Mississippi. Her practice spans quilting, upholstery and...
Chrystal D. Giles
Chrystal D. Giles is an acclaimed author of books for young readers. Her books have been nominated for multiple state book awards, earned...
Chrystal D. Giles
Chrystal D. Giles is an acclaimed author of books for young readers. Her books have been nominated for multiple state book awards, earned several starred...
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University and author of
New York Times <
...
Todd Goddard
Todd Goddard grew up in the Philadelphia area. He earned his bachelor's degree from New York University; a J.D. from the University...
Johanna Gohmann
Johanna Gohmann is an essayist, humor writer, and children's book author. Her work has appeared in
The New Yorker, The New York
...
Chris Goodwin
Chris Goodwin grew up in rural Mississippi. He is a member of the Mississippi Book Festival Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Goodwin...
Anand Gopal
Anand Gopal is a writer for
The New Yorker
, where he writes about democracy, inequality, and conflict. He has twice been a...
Stephen J. Gordin
Stephen J. Gordin is a former editorial writer and a freelance author of several novels, children's books, and nonfiction professional articles. He is...
Jennifer Gordon
Jennifer Gordon is the author of
Stay
(June 2026), a Holistic Health Practitioner, Reiki master, Experienced Yoga Teacher, and a woman in...
Katherine Grandjean
Katherine Grandjean is Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College, where her research explores early American history, environmental history, and violence in American history. Her...
Catherine Simone Gray
Catherine Simone Gray is a Mississippi-based writer and educator. Her debut memoir
Proud Flesh
received the Mississippi Library Association 2026 Author Award for Non-Fiction....
Jason G. Green
Jason G. Green is a Maryland-born community organizer, attorney, storyteller and entrepreneur. Green served as special assistant to the president, and associate White House Counsel...
Matthew Guinn
A native of Atlanta, Matthew Guinn earned a BA in English from the University of Georgia. He continued graduate school at the University of Mississippi,...
Kaycie Hall
Kaycie Hall is a writer and translator from French. She lives in New York City with her son.
Sarah Frances Hardy
A resident of Oxford, Mississippi, Sarah is a retired lawyer and (not retired) fine artist who has redirected her creative juices towards writing...
Derrick Harriell
Derrick Harriell is a Milwaukee-born poet, fiction writer, professor, and educator. He is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where...
Kevin Hazzard
Kevin Hazzard is a journalist, screenwriter, foreign aid worker, registered nurse and former paramedic. He is the author of
A Thousand Naked
...
Dr. Karlie Herndon
Dr. Karlie Herndon is the curator of the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Jasmine L. Holmes
Jasmine Holmes is an educator, historian, and author whose work moves between the classroom and the archive. She has written several trade-published nonfiction...
Lauren Hough
Lauren Hough was born in Germany and raised in seven countries, and West Texas. She's been an Air Force airman, a bartender,...
Jennifer Iacopelli
Jennifer Iacopelli is the author of
Finding Her Edge
(premiering on Netflix in early 2026). She lives in New York and she invites...
Donald C. Jackson
Donald C. Jackson is the Sharp Distinguished Professor, Emeritus at Mississippi State University. He is a native of Arkansas, a former pastor in...
Jenny Jackson
Jenny Jackson is the
New York Times
bestselling author of
Pineapple Street
and
The Shampoo Effect
. A...
Randal Maurice Jelks
Randal Maurice Jelks is the Ruth N. Halls Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is an...
John Jennings
John Jennings is a professor, author, graphic novelist, curator, Harvard Fellow,
New York Times
bestseller, 2018 Eisner Award–winner, and all-around champion of Black...
George M. Johnson
George M. Johnson (they/them) is an Emmy nominated, award-winning, and bestselling Black nonbinary author and activist. Their debut memoir,
All Boys Aren’t
...
George M. Johnson
George M. Johnson (they/them) is an Emmy nominated, award-winning, and bestselling Black nonbinary author and activist. Their debut memoir,
All Boys Aren’t
...
Lee Clay Johnson
Lee Clay Johnson was born and raised around Nashville, Tennessee, in a family of bluegrass musicians. He holds an MFA from the University...
Dan Jones
Dan Jones is a Mississippi native and worked as a physician, medical missionary and humanitarian, educator, researcher, and university leader. He served as...
Robert P. Jones
Robert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and a
New York Times
bestselling author....
Tom Junod
Tom Junod is senior writer for
ESPN
, where his work has won an Emmy and the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting....
Michael Kardos
Michael Kardos is the author of six books of fiction, most recently the story collection
Quick Change
and the novel
Fun
...
Logan Karlie
Logan Karlie is the
New York Times
bestselling author of
Dream by the Shadows
. She holds a master's degree in...
Katie Kennedy
Katie Kennedy teaches college history and American government. She writes nonfiction for young readers and fiction for young readers and adults.
Matt Laubhan
Matt Laubhan is the Emmy® winning Chief Meteorologist for Mississippi LIVE Weather and North Mississippi's only Certified Broadcast Meteorologist™. Originally from the small Kansas town...
David Lewis
David Lewis is the executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, the state's arts agency that provides grants and programs to the arts...
Geri Lipschultz
Geri Lipschultz is the author of
Grace Before the Fall
, published by DarkWinter Press, and one of three poets of the children's...
Ebony Lumumba
Dr. Ebony Lumumba is professor and chair of the Department of English and Modern Languages at Jackson State University, where she teaches global...
Kelly Foster Lundquist
Kelly Foster Lundquist is the author of
Beard: A Memoir of a Marriage
, named by SheReads as a Most Anticipated Memoir of...
Dr. Sarah Mangrum
Dr. Sarah Mangrum is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at The University of Southern Mississippi....
Anne E. Marshall
Anne Marshall is Professor of History at Mississippi State University, where she has taught since 2006. She has served as Executive Director of the U...
Lydia Mathis
Lydia Mathis has an MFA in fiction from New York University. She is the recipient of A Public Space's 2023 Editorial Fellowship and is ...
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is the author of four books,
Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain, Brat: An '8
...
Breanna J. McDaniel
Breanna J. McDaniel is the author of picture books,
HANDS UP!, IMPOSSIBLE MOON , CUTE TOOT
and the Ezra Jack Keats Writer ...
Jack B. McGuire
Jack B. McGuire served as special assistant to the mayor of New Orleans, press secretary to the mayor, and director of public relations...
C Liegh McInnis
C Liegh McInnis is a poet, short story writer, Prince scholar, 2025 Finalist for the Mississippi Poet Laureate, co-founder of the Jackson State University...
Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon is a #1
New York Times
bestselling author, award winning performer, and writer, who is celebrated globally for her work in film...
Margaret McMullan
Margaret McMullan is the author of nine award-winning books including the novel,
In My Mother’s House,
the story collection
Aftermath Lounge,<
...
Kelly McWilliams
Kelly McWilliams is a biracial novelist whose work examines white passing, American history, and the uncanny. She is the author of several acclaimed...
Kate Medley
Kate Medley is a visual journalist whose work across the American South focuses on storytelling and environmental portraiture, often exploring issues of social...
Mary Miller
Mary Miller is the author of two novels and two short story collections. Her most recent book,
Biloxi: A Novel
(Liveright 2019), ...
Tenaj Moody
Tenaj Moody is a mother, author, speaker, researcher, and social entrepreneur dedicated to advancing healing, leadership, and opportunity for women and girls impacted...
Michael Morris
Michael Morris has served as the director of the Two Mississippi Museums-Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum-since 2023. He previously served...
Loubna Mrie
Loubna Mrie is a Syrian journalist, photographer, and writer, and a frequent commentator on Syrian and Middle Eastern affairs. The recipient of fellowships...
Dr. Tonja Murphy
Dr. Murphy brings over two decades of experience in community programming, youth development, and literacy advocacy. As Community Engagement Director for the Mississippi Book Festival,...
Victoria Christopher Murray
Victoria Christopher Murray is the
New York Times
bestselling coauthor of
The First Ladies
and
The Personal Librarian
.
Cree Myles
Cree is a Webby nominated book influencer, professional reader and writer. She runs the Penguin Random House instagram channel All Ways Black, which...
Jere Nash
Jere Nash is a native of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Democratic political consultant for forty-five years, and is coauthor of three books...
Scott Naugle
Scott Naugle works for The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. and is the co-owner of ...
Judith Negron
Judith Negron is a justice reform advocate with a Master's in Mental Health, and over 20 years of experience as an educator, mentor, and...
Rep. Fabian Nelson
Representative Fabian Nelson is a trailblazing public servant, entrepreneur, and advocate for equity and opportunity in Mississippi. Elected in 2023 to represent House District 6...
Hallie Elizabeth Newton
Hallie Elizabeth Newton was born in Mississippi. She received her first screenplay credit for
At Any Price
, released by Sony Picture ...
Darden North
Darden North's mystery and thriller novels have been awarded nationally, most notably an IPPY in Southern Fiction for POINTS OF ORIGIN and PARTY...
M. J. O’Brien
M. J. (Mike) O'Brien is a writer and researcher who spent 30 years as the chief communications and public relations officer for a national...
Patrick O’Connor
Patrick O'Connor is a writer and director whose work spans narrative features and acclaimed documentaries. His first screenplay,
ZOO
, was purchased...
Byron D’Andra Orey
Dr. Orey is a professor of political science at Jackson State University and the 2024 President of the Southern Political Science Association. His research...
Dr. Mary Osborne
Dr. Mary Osborne is coordinator of the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival, which takes place each spring on the campus of the ...
Timothy Pakron
Timothy Pakron is a cookbook author and food blogger from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Pakron graduated from the College of Charleston where...
Gwendolyn Paradice
Gwendolyn is a queer, disabled, Cherokee-Caucasian writer of fiction and nonfiction. A 2024 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, they're also the author of...
Chase Parham
Bio coming soon.
Evan Peacock
Evan Peacock is an author, archaeologist, and long-time freshwater fishing enthusiast who grew up in the hill country of north-central Mississippi. He holds...
Jennifer Polson Peterson
Jennifer Polson Peterson is the author of
Degenerate Era of an Expanding Universe
(Belle Point Press, 2026) and
Must Resemble Leisure<
...
Deesha Philyaw
Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection,
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
, won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize,...
Catherine Pierce
Catherine Pierce served as the Poet Laureate of Mississippi from 2021-2025. She is the author of five books of poems, most recently
...
Catherine Pierce
Catherine Pierce served as the Poet Laureate of Mississippi from 2021-2025. She is the author of five books of poems, most recently
...
Kevin Powers
Kevin Powers was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Since publishing his first novel in 2012, his books have been translated into more than...
Julian Rankin
Julian Rankin was raised in Mississippi and North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rankin was the founding Director...
Sparky Reardon
Sparky was dean of students at Ole Miss from 2000-2014. During Reardon's 36-year tenure at the university, he handled everything from organizing student...
Lauren Rhoades
Lauren Rhoades is a writer and editor living in Jackson, Mississippi. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Rhoades moved to Mississippi in 2013 to serve with...
Sherri Duskey Rinker
Sherri Duskey Rinker is the author of every book in the bestselling
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
and
Steam Train
, Dream...
Jeff Roberson
Jeff, a native of Baldwyn, Mississippi, lives in Oxford and is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. He has been assistant sports...
Rick Ross
Rick Ross is an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur and founder of the Maybach Music Group. All eleven of his albums have landed in the Billboard 200,...
Gabriella Saab
Gabriella Saab is an acclaimed author of historical fiction. Her first two novels,
The Last Checkmate
and
Daughters of Victory
,...
Patrick Sansone
With his second monograph Noticings, Mississippi born musician and photographer Patrick Sansone collects 136 color images made between the winter of 2019 and the summer...
George Saunders
The recipient of a 2006 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (“Genius” Award), George Saunders has authored two novels, four collections of short stories, a novella, a book of...
Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared in
The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New
...
Beowulf Sheehan
Beowulf Sheehan is a New-York based photographer of figures in the arts and humanities. To date, he's photographed better than 1,000 writers from more...
Casey Sherman
Casey Sherman is a renowned investigative journalist and
New York Times
&
USA Today
bestselling author of 19 books including,
...
Samyak Shertok
Samyak Shertok's debut collection,
No Rhododendron
(University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025), was selected by Kimiko Hahn for the 2024 AWP Donald Hall Prize...
George Singleton
George Singleton has published eleven collections of stories, two novels, and two collections of essays. His stories have appeared in the
Atlantic
...
Elise L. Smith
Elise Smith received her M.A. from Vanderbilt and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, both in art history,...
G. Todd Smith
G. Todd Smith is a lifelong writer, former journalist, and branding expert whose passion for storytelling was shaped by the literary traditions of...
Katy Simpson Smith
Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Katy Simpson Smith is the author of
The Story of Land and Sea, Free Men, The Everlasting,
...
Stephanie Soileau
Stephanie Soileau is the author of the critically acclaimed story collection
Last One Out Shut Off the Lights
. Her work has...
John Spann
John Spann is a public historian, museum professional, and cultural leader dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories that have shaped Mississippi and...
Isabelle Spotts
Isabelle Spotts is the writer and narrator of two award-winning audio dramas,
Night Faces
and
Middle West
. She attended ...
Diane Stevenson
I am the co-author and illustrator of a collection of poems for children
Did You Kiss a Cat Today?
Coming out in 2026...
Jason Stone
Jason Stone grew up in West Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in San Antonio.
The Beauty
...
David Streitfeld
David Streitfeld is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the
New York Times
, where he writes about technology. He lives in the Bay...
Andy Taggart
Andy Taggart currently operates his own law firm, focusing on commercial litigation, business counseling, and consulting with an emphasis on environmental, government, and...
Amy Tern
Amy Tern is the author of
SNEAKS
, a middle-grade thriller loosely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, which earned a Kirkus...
Joseph Earl Thomas
Joseph is a writer from Frankford whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in
VQR, N+1, Gulf Coast, The Offing
, and
The
...
Traci Thomas
Traci is the creator and host of The Stacks, a podcast about books and the way they shape culture. Traci is also a monthly...
Mancy Thompson
My name is Mancy Thompson and I am writing to provide a brief auto biographical to be used for the September Book signing. On...
Wright Thompson
Wright Thompson is the bestselling author of
Pappyland
and
The Cost of These Dreams
. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his...
Mychal Threets
Mychal Threets is a librarian and advocate for the spread of library joy! He is the creator of many viral clips sharing affirmations and encouragement...
Dr. Rebecca Tuuri
Dr. Rebecca Tuuri is co-author (along with Dr. Sherita Johnson, Dr. Cheryl Jenkins, and Dr. Loren Saxton Coleman) of
Mixing: Race,
...
Terry L. Vandeventer
Terry Vandeventer's interest in wildlife began at the age of four with the frogs and harmless gartersnakes that abounded near his childhood home...
Darnell Lamont Walker
Darnell Lamont Walker is a Death Doula and Emmy-Nominated Writer whose work lives at the intersection of creativity, care, and transition. Sometimes that...
Robyn Wall
Robyn Wall is the author of
Candi the Candicorn, I Worked Hard on That!
, and the
My Cool Family
board...
Valerie Walley
Valerie is Regional Director Knopf/Penguin Random House.
Tiffany L. Warren
Tiffany L. Warren is a novelist and screenwriter who has published over thirty novels. In addition to writing books, Tiffany has written and...
Wyatt Waters
Wyatt Waters is a nationally recognized Mississippi watercolorist whose luminous plein air paintings capture the character, beauty, and everyday life of the South....
Julias Weixler
Julias Weixler is a sixth grader at The Willow School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the co-founder and football columnist for
...
Lawrence Wells
Lawrence Wells is the author of three historical novels:
Rommel and the Rebel, Let the Band Play Dixie
, and
Fair Youth<
...
Neil White
Neil White has been a newspaper editor, magazine publisher, advertising executive and federal prisoner. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, where he operates a small publishing...
Marcus Wicker
Marcus Wicker was born in Ann Arbor and raised in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is the author of three books of poetry:
Dear Mothership<
...
Nikesha Elise Williams
Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy award winning producer, an award-winning author, and producer and host of the Black and Published podcast....
Lauren Willig
Lauren Willig is the
New York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author of more than twenty-five works of fiction, including ...
Lauren Willig
Lauren Willig is the
New York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author of more than twenty-five works of fiction, including ...
Sasha Wiseman
Sasha Wiseman's fiction, poetry, and literary criticism have appeared in publications such as
Story, The Los Angeles Review of Books
, and ...
Jerid P. Woods (Akili Nzuri)
Jerid, also known as Akili Nzuri, is a writer, educator, Ph.D. candidate, and literary influencer. He was born and raised in Natchez, MS, and...
Steve Yarbrough
Steve is the author of twelve books, most recently the novel
Stay Gone Days
. He has twice won the Mississippi Institute of Arts...
Emily Yellin
Emily Yellin is a journalist, author, and producer. Her latest book,
Nonviolent - A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love
(Random ...
Michelle Young
Michelle Young is an award-winning journalist and author. Her latest book,
The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of World War II
...
