Jasmine Beach-Ferrara
21st century American writer
21st century American writer
Iranian-American novelist and journalist
Prolific author best known for her critically acclaimed memoir, Mama’s Girl, which has been course adopted by hundreds of high schools and colleges throughout the U.S.
Abeer Hoque is a Nigerian-born Bangladeshi-American writer and photographer
American poet
Courtney Angela Brkic is the author of Stillness: and Other Stories and The Stone Fields, and has worked as a creative writing teacher, a translator and as a forensic archeologist in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Anya von Bremzen is a three-time James Beard Award-winning author and culinary writer.
Angie Thomas is the bestselling author of the young adult novels “The Hate U Give,” “On the Come Up” and “Concrete Rose.”
A Pushcart Prize nominee, she teaches middle school by day and writes stories about spunky kids stepping into their power in the early hours of the morning.
Annabelle Tometich spent 18 years as a food writer and restaurant critic for The News-Press in her hometown of Fort Myers, Florida.