Serendipity author Victoria Scott-Miller founded Liberation Station Bookstore with her family as a pop-up shop at the North Carolina Museum of Art in 2019, after struggling to find books for her sons featuring Black characters in other local bookstores. On Juneteenth, the store finally found a permanent brick-and-mortar home in downtown Raleigh, making history as the first Black-owned children’s…
by Kirsten Lopresti Seventeen-year-old Lindsey Allen is an A-student who has her heart set on becoming an astronomer. But first she must break away from her mother, an eccentric failed beauty queen who has set up a phony psychic reading shop in their Oregon garage. Lindsey is biding time until she graduates high school, reading…
KIRSTEN LOPRESTIAuthor www.kirstenlopresti.com Photo Download | Bio Download Kirsten Lopresti is the author of the young adult novel Bright Coin Moon. She holds a BA from Virginia Tech and an MFA from George Mason University. She has published short stories in several literary magazines, including The Laurel Review, New Delta Review, So To Speak, Italian…
GEORGE JAMES, PSY.D.Author www.georgetalks.com Photo Download | Bio Download Dr. George James, Psy.D. (13 time TODAY Show guest) speaks, counsels, consults, coaches, and teaches people how to overcome everyday relational struggles to build successful connections in love, family, and career. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in helping couples improve the quality…
SANDRA JACKSON-OPOKUAuthor https://flowauthors.com/sandra-jackson-opoku Photo Download | Bio Download Sandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of the award-winning novel The River Where Blood Is Born, which was listed in Best Novels of the Nineties: A Reader’s Guide. Her novel Hot Johnny (and the Women Who Loved Him) was an Essence Magazine hardcover fiction bestseller. Her fiction, poetry,…
AUBREY BLANCHEAuthor https://aubreyblanche.com Photo Download | Bio Download Aubrey Blanche is the Mathpath (Math Nerd + Empath), the CEO of the equitable design consulting firm of the same name, and Senior Director of People Operations & Strategic Programs at HR technology firm Culture Amp. Through all her work, she seeks to question, reimagine, and redesign…
LAUREN MAILLIANAuthor www.laurenmaillian.com Photo Download | Bio Download As a global CEO, entrepreneur, investor, advisor, influencer, and award-winning marketer, Lauren Maillian advises on building and scaling consumer-facing startups, elevating iconic legacy brands, and creating new approaches to VC investing. She brings 15+ years of discovering and seizing hidden, profitable value across retail, CPG, lifestyle brands,…
JENNIFER MCGAHAAuthor jennifermcgaha.com Photo Download | Bio Download Jennifer McGaha is the award-winning author of Flat Broke with Two Goats (Sourcebooks, 2018) and Bushwhacking: How to Get Lost on the Trail and Write Your Way Out (Trinity University Press, 2023). Her debut memoir (Flat Broke with Two Goats) sold over 26,677 copies; Kirkus Reviews dubbed…
RANDE BROWN, L.C.S.W.Author http://www.randebrown.com Photo Download | Bio Download Rande Brown, LCSW is a well-known translator of Japanese spiritual and cultural texts, and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Geisha, A Life with Mineko Iwasaki (Atria, 2002), which has sold more than 200,000 copies in the US and another 600,000 copies worldwide in 18…
Edited by Jericho Brown More than 30 acclaimed writers–including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy–reflect on their experience and expertise in this unique book on the craft of writing that focuses on the Black creative spirit. How We Do It is…
