Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is a poet, essayist, and novelist. She’s the author of five critically acclaimed books of poetry—including The Age of Phillis, which won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry—and the bestselling novel The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois. Her work has been longlisted for the National Book Award for Poetry and Fiction as well as the PEN/Voelcker Award.

As a corporate attorney, Wanda M. Morris has worked in the legal departments of some of America’s top Fortune 100 companies. She is an alumna of the Yale Writers Workshop and Robert McKee’s Story Seminar. Wanda is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Crime Writers of Color. All Her Little Secrets is her debut novel.

Vanessa Riley is an award-winning author of historical fiction and historical romance, showcasing the hidden histories of women of color and emphasizing strong sisterhoods and dazzling multicultural communities.