Black Authors
This generation of Book Authors with Black Books for you to support. Fight against Book Bans and the censor of Black literature. Never say you can't find us.
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@blaqueword.bsky.social
@mshellyconner.bsky.social
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฝโโค๏ธโ๐ฉ๐ฟ Writer- author of award-winning novel EVERYMAN (Blackstone)| Professor |Foodie w/texture challenges | Homesteader | Repped by Beth Marshea at Ladderbird Literary Agency
@oliviascatastrophe.bsky.social
Senior Comms Exec at Tor, Pan Macmillan UK #Booktuber ๐ฅ #Bookstagram ๐ท #Booktok ๐ (she/her)
@drdanielletw.bsky.social
Award-winning Author. Associate Professor, School of History, University of Leeds. Author of The Capital of Free Women: Race, Legitimacy, and Liberty in Colonial Mexico. Research: Black people, Women, Slavery, Freedom, Law, Jesuits.
@bridgettmdavis.bsky.social
Author of the memoirs LOVE, RITA (March โ25) & THE WORLD ACCORDING TO FANNIE DAVIS and writer/director of the newly rediscovered film NAKED ACTS. Proud native of Detroit. Substack: https://substack.com/@bridgettmdavis
@teefranklin.com
1st Black Harley Quinn Writer Bestselling award winning comic writer BINGO LOVE | HARLEY QUINN Kidlit author: MY LITTLE PONY Screenwriter | Writing Consultant Disabled | Neurodivergent They/She https://linktr.ee/mizteefranklin
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@chanda.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof.: Theoretical Cosmology and Particle Physics โ๏ธ ๐ญ & Black Feminist Science Studies ๐งช Writer ๐: #DisorderedCosmos #EdgeOfSpaceTime #CosmosIsABlackAesthetic Web: chanda.science all Black/all Jewish. queer/agender/woman. Posts by/for me๐๐ฝ
@emilyraboteau.bsky.social
Author of THE PROFESSORโS DAUGHTER, SEARCHING FOR ZION, and LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL. Professor at CUNY.
@maryannaise.bsky.social
I write about climate change/grief/justice. Author of Troubled Waters (novel) & The World is Ours to Cherish (childrenโs book). Birmingham bred me, Mississippi fed me. โค๏ธ๐๐๐๐ค https://www.maryannaiseheglar.com/
@womanistbae.bsky.social
Journalist, essayist & organizer | Coastal GA & eastern NC roots | Author of Come By Here (Hub City Press) | linktr.ee/womanistbae | neeshapowellwrites@gmail.com | she/they ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โ๐ฝ๐๐โ
@michellcclark.bsky.social
author of โEyes On The Road.โ doing my best. michellcclark.substack.com
@xioaxelrod.bsky.social
(ZEE-ohh) she/her USA Today Bestselling author ๐๐๐ถ๏ธ Vocalist Philly girl Words+Music GenX brain/Millennial๐ I'm rarely in my DMs
@itsafronomics.bsky.social
GOOD TROUBLE โ๏ธ #GodsPlan Pre-order #TheDoubleTax: tinyurl.com/doubletax-order Learn more: annagifty.com/thedoubletax Taylor Thee Publicist: tinyurl.com/doubletax-pr
@ksapphire8989.bsky.social
Professional Illustrator, Concept Art Design, Youtuber and all around nerd. (She/Her <3) Often open for Commissions. (SFW/ NSFW) Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/KittySapphirestudios Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@KittySapphire8989
@leciamichelle.bsky.social
Photographer ๐ธ (Nikon Z8), birder, author ๐ and activist ๐ชง. Traveler and adventure-seeker. Librarian. leciamichellephotography.com ๐ซDMs for dates, crypto, illuminati.
@deardean22.bsky.social
Author of novels, Voice Memos Podcast cohost, Dear Dean EMagazine owner, Formerly PresidentKamalashand on bird app. On Threads and Spoutible. Buy all my books at link. http://linktr.ee/myronjclifton
@luvvie.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author (4x) ๐ Noted speaker. Book coach (Founder of The Book Academy). Latest book: LITTLE DEFENDS HER NAME (out 5/6/25). Preorder: http://LittleTroublemakerBook.com
@newagegriot26.bsky.social
๐ Story Teller๐ฅ Public Figure. Writer *fiction*, Published Author, Ghostwriter & Story Projectorโจ๏ธ I AINT PC so, Phck what U think. I Operate in MY Gift ๐ SnobbyInc.com ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ BlackLGBTQ+ God kno's my name, so ๐๐พ๐ ... Oh! & I COOK too๐๐ฝ๐. Digital Story Guruโจ๏ธ
@socprofjones.bsky.social
Writer. Teacher. Queer Black Momma. Next book: Brutal & Routine, on the enduring legacy of racist policing and the promise of abolitionist dreams
@hannibaltabu.bsky.social
Professional blerd: comics, code, DND. On the line. On the grind. On your mind. https://hannibaltabu.com/411/
@tamrynspruill.bsky.social
Author [COURT QUEENS: A History of the WNBA & the Power of Persevering Women is forthcoming from ABRAMS Books], consultant, award-winning journalist, artist, poet, and musician.
@ashtonlattimore.bsky.social
award-winning journalist & author of historical fiction (ALL WE WERE PROMISED), former EIC @prismreports.bsky.social, recovered lawyer, train station popcorn connoisseur, uppity about hot cocoa
@deecherrywriter.bsky.social
NOLA. SFFH/crime/sometimes-journalist. BASFF & Locus notable stories โ23. Frequent contributor to Antigravity Magazine Stories in: Buzzfeed News, Politico, Apex Mag, +more. ORDER MY DEBUT CRIME NOVEL, โThe Pike Boysโ, NOW books2read.com/thepikeboys
@charishreidauthor.bsky.social
Romance author ๐ American in Sweden ๐ธ๐ช She/her Rep'd by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social My books: https://linktr.ee/charishreidauthor
@drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social
Writer~Professor~Literacy Advocate~Blogger~Creative~Community Organizer-Consultant Native Chicagoan living in the south. YouTube: @tiffanyaflowers Spoutible: @Prof_Flowers Fanbase: @drtiffanyaflowers Medium: The Black Aesthetic Tradition Blog
@abena-sankofa.bsky.social
2019 Cinematic Book Contest Finalist๐ฅ|๐บMission Impossible fangirl | nostalgic #Trekkie๐๐พ| Her Jazz-Era #mystery UP NORTH ๐ต๐พcoming soon via WRDStories
@akosua-sankofa.bsky.social
2021 Cygnus Book Awards Winner | #SciFi Novelist๐ #Trekkie | Acrylic Artist๐จ| Myth, Magic, Astrology | Member of #BookSky and #WritingCommunity | Her #sf #thriller MONMOUTH DEEP coming soon via Hey Hey Books | Read Ch1 at www.MonmouthDeep.com
@lisaspringer.bsky.social
YA and MG author ๐ There's No Way I'd Die First (out now) ๐Who's All Going (to Die) Fall 2025 Rep: Danielle Burby - MWLA
@garenectar.bsky.social
24 | They/He | Writer, Future Director, Creative โdonโt you ever in your motherfucking life dim your light for NOBODY!โ
@davaun.bsky.social
SFF Author + Editor. Publisher @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social. Twin Dad. #MuayThai enthusiast. Insufferable #Niners fan. #He/him. Rep Mary C. Moore at ACM Contact: http://bit.ly/3yzaPQP
@rasheed.bsky.social
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Author of MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME (Lambda Lit Finalist; USA Today Bestseller) and THEREโS ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD (2026). TV Writer; co-creator/executive producer of BEL-AIR.
@chantalalive.bsky.social
Check your vernacular & then Iโll get back to ya. Essayist poet philosopher & writer of the 2022 debut novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS. She/her https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676226/none-but-the-righteous-by-chantal-james/
@nadinematheson.com
Bestselling Author๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป | Host of โThe Conversationโ Podcast ๐๏ธ| All Views My Own ๐ฌ www.nadinematheson.com Podcast: apple.co/3RSKsxK Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G https://linktr.ee/Nadine_Matheson ๐ THE KILL LIST( An Inspector Henley Thriller - Book 3) Out
@wickedjamison.bsky.social
award-winning author of I FEED HER TO THE BEAST duology โจ bio.link/wickedjamison they/them
@dorothykoomson.bsky.social
๐Award-winning, Sunday Times Bestselling Author | Writer โ๐พ l Reader ๐ | TV & Film Lover ๐บ | Podcaster ๐๏ธ| Latest book Every Smile You Fake out now ๐โก๏ธ
@miamckenzie.bsky.social
Award-winning Author of The Summer We Got Free, Skye Falling, and These Heathens (June 2025). ED of the BGD Project. Mama. Visionary. Queer icon.
@itssharonr.bsky.social
Chi | SLU ๐ CEO @thevaultreloaded TikTok: @ItsShaRonR (24k+) pr/collabs: sharonrmgmt@gmail.com
@beatriceiker.bsky.social
I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE (Run For It, 2025). CHARLEY'S HONKY TONK (Kokila, 2026). Rep: Chelsea Hensley, MWLA. they/them https://linktr.ee/BeatriceWinifredIker
@tamaracole.bsky.social
Author of WE KILL THE FLAME (2025 HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books) | Travel Influencer | Screenwriter | UCLA Grad | Rep: Natalie Lakosil at LGLM https://linktr.ee/tamaracole
@devanseli.bsky.social
๐ Author โ๐พ Podcaster ๐ง Poet ๐ญ Storyteller ๐ฃ๏ธ Dope โ๐พ Down to Earth ๐ Donโt play with me โ๏ธ ๐๐พ DMV ๐ https://devanseli.substack.com/podcast
@yanawroteit.bsky.social
SFF Writer. Co-founder of @blacknerdscreate.com. Co-host of the #WizardTeam podcast. #DVMentee '22. She/her. rep: @erniechiara.com
@drmercedessamudio.bsky.social
โจ Media Consultant โก๏ธ AfroNerd โ๐พ Cultural Strategist ๐ฟ Mental Wellness & Representation
@rhaynecoleman.bsky.social
i own a mic. iโm a nerd. i write stories. . .โ๐พ 1. Building A Fictional City 2. Outlining A[nother] Love Story ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ [ https://youtube.com/@readingwritingrhayne?si=aAiFxoPbo-EpYTLf ] ๐ฅ๐
@ahmadgreene.com
๐ซ professor, writer, lover | โจ all things black, queer, archival, artsy |๐ author of *Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans* http://a.co/d/4VuHlQZ โจviews are my own.
@christinajcooke.bsky.social
Author of BROUGHTUPSY | Winner, Journey Prize | Finalist, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize | shit-talker & snack monster | all snark & unpopular opinions 100% mine | https://linktr.ee/christinajcooke
@fsmith827.bsky.social
AVP SAEM for Equity/Inclusion. SAPro/Higher Ed. Romance reader & author. Former TV News. LMU Doctoral 2018. Detroiter in Bay Area. IG: FSmith827 ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐๐พ
@cashana.bsky.social
Thriller Writer & Poet / Spoken Word Artist โ๐พ from Jersey โข Activist โ๐พ โข Globetrotter ๐ โข Book Addict ๐ โข Coffee Fiend โ๏ธ โข FREE ๐ต๐ธ๐จ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ฉ๐จ๐บ TIL ITโS MF BACKWARDS!!
@rosiesrambles.bsky.social
New York Times Bestselling author of A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN + more. Just another new social media profile hahahahaa :') ๐ฌ๐ญ
@dezinpub.bsky.social
Editor Extraordinaire | PW Star Watch Finalist | Writer | โ๏ธSTEPPING UP | She/Her | Opinions are mine | Demi-Bi Afro๐ฉ๐ด | #LatinxInPub | Repโd: Britt Siess | kiaravaldez.com
@jbakernyc.bsky.social
New Yorker, Editor, Writer, host/creator Minorities in Publishing podcast. Books: FORGIVE ME NOT (2023), EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2018). www.jennifernbaker.com
@rdotspoon.bsky.social
Best-selling Award-Winning Romance Author. New releases: Adult: A MAN FOR MRS. CLAUS ๐ / YA: HER GOOD SIDE ๐ฅช๐๐น OUT NOW! rep: Holly Root/Root Literary MAY SALE BUNDLE! https://payhip.com/BacklistBundles
@kalynnbayron.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author, Stoker Award Nominee, IGNYTE Award Finalist, LOCUS Award nominee, Randall Kenan winner |She/Her|๐ณ๏ธโ๐|Rep @jamievankirk
@wordsiren.bsky.social
2025 Lodestar (Hugo) Award Finalist. Bestselling author of SO LET THEM BURN (2024), THIS ENDS IN EMBERS (2025), AN ARCANE INHERITANCE (2026), & WICKED ENDEAVORS (2026) | she/her ๐ฏ๐ฒ
@bybrittanyjohnson.bsky.social
PREORDER DEADLY EVER AFTER (PRH, 11/4/25) YA fantasy author Rep: Jamie Vankirk IG/TT: ByBrittanyJohnson
@brittanyacts.bsky.social
B-more's own. Actress & Author of The Forge & Fracture Saga. Head full of trivia, heart full of swordfights
@tracydeonn.bsky.social
#1 NYT, #1 Indie, Intl. Bestselling Author of The Legendborn Cycle. ๐ ALA CSK & Ignyte Award Winner. Story Warrior. Black Bene Gesserit. Fandom-raised.
@bethanycmorrow.com
BCMorrow on IG/Threads. Adult/YA Author. Bestseller. Social Justice in Literature Award winner. Locus, Ignyte, and Audie finalist. Christ follower. Planet of the Apes stan. THE BODY coming from Nightfire (Tor), 2026. https://linktr.ee/bcmorrow
@alechiadow.bsky.social
Locus, BSFA, Ignyte Finalist. Chef. Librarian. Author of 7+ acclaimed books. Next: Their Just Desserts, 5/13/2025. Later: Until the Clock Strikes Midnight, 2/3/2026. Bostonian in Germany.
@niadavenport.bsky.social
Award-winning author of THE BLOOD TRIALS. Next up: LOVE SPELLS TROUBLE (YA; July 2025) and OUR VICIOUS OATHS (Adult; Oct 2025). She/Her.
@julianwinters.bsky.social
Award-winning author of RUNNING WITH LIONS, RIGHT WHERE I LEFT YOU + more
@tiffanydiahann.bsky.social
Editor - St. Martin's Press (Adult), Wednesday Books (YA) & Saturday Books (NA) โข Foodie โข Tattoo + Tea Addict โข she/her โข Opinions are my own YYZใMIAใPDXใNYCใAVL MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tiffany-shelton/
@lamargiles.bsky.social
I write Black kids & DC Comics (Static: UAN) & Star Wars (Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel - 08.05.2025). Big Dad Energy. #GirlDad linktr.ee/lamargiles
@lilymeade.bsky.social
Homeless novelist. Author of: THE HEX GIRLS: A ROGUE THORN ๐พ (Aug 26 2025) and THE SHADOW SISTER ๐ฆ (out now!). Here for books, equality, and Taylor Swift. @LilyMeade on most other platforms. Learn more: lilymeade.com
@keklamagoon.bsky.social
Writes books, bakes cupcakes, makes pottery, entertains two orange cats. Award-winning author, keynote speaker, unconventional educator. Passionate about literacy, community, diversity, conversation, and social justice. She/Her.
@lilrongal.bsky.social
author of YA books THIS NIGHT IS OURS & WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU copy editor โข MFA โข poet โข traveler โข cat mom โข player of cozy video games โข dreamer ๐โจ ronnidavis.com insta: lilrongal DA-7887-2919-3492 Steam: lilrongal
@ayanagray.bsky.social
New York Times-bestselling author of monstrous stories. I, MEDUSA: Fall 2025
@sarahdasswrites.bsky.social
๐น๐น author of WHERE THE RHYTHM TAKES YOU and IT WAITS IN THE FOREST | Agent: Wendi Gu | https://linktr.ee/sarahdassauthor
@hannsawyerr.bsky.social
A masterpiece after a wreckage. Author: TRUTH IS ๐๏ธ (out September 23!) + ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS ๐ (Morris Finalist + Walter Honor!)
@sraughley.bsky.social
Academic Scholar, Geek and Writer. Author of The Effigies Series, The Bones of Ruin trilogy and the upcoming thriller, The Queenโs Spade.
@kimjohnson.bsky.social
USA Today Bestseller THIS IS MY AMERICA, INVISIBLE SON, THE COLOR OF A LIE LA Times Book Award Finalist | NPR Best Book | ๐๐
@lailasabreen.bsky.social
author of YOU TRULY ASSUMED || storytelling main character || PhD-ing || 1913๐บ|| she/her || Rep: Beth Phelan linktr.ee/lailasabreen
@jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social
Author of many genres and books! Rep: Holly Root Out now: ๐Monstrous Coming soon: ๐Navโs Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love
@msholliday93.bsky.social
Someone once told me โthe grass is much greener on the other side.โ Opinions are mine I Dancer | Poetess | Revolution | Agent - Serendipity Lit
@jtewwrites.bsky.social
THE DIVIDING SKY (YA dystopian romance from PRH) out October 8th, 2024! www.thedividingsky.com
@llmckinney.bsky.social
Writer of words. Teller of tales. Chaotic neutral. Bestselling Author. God is good. Out now: The NIGHTMARE-VERSE trilogy and ESCAPING MR. ROCHESTER. #PublishingPaidMe https://linktr.ee/LLMcKinney
@srmilesauthor.bsky.social
Writer. Librarian. Rep'd by the extraordinary @johnmcusick at @foliojr #THERISEOFISSAIGWE (10/27/2024/Union Square Kids) she/her https://linktr.ee/srmilesauthor
@melodysimpson.bsky.social
Writer. Founder of Melanin in YA (@melanininya.bsky.social), your source for all things Black in traditional young adult publishing. All things TV, movies, books, sci-fi, theatre, & theology. Los Angeles / Austin https://melodylsimpson.com
@talynnkel.bsky.social
Writer/speaker/cosplayer/cultural critic She/her/they/them Essays: https://talynnkel.medium.com/ Patreon: bit.ly/TaLynnPatreon OnlyFans: bit.ly/TaLynnOF Linktree: https://linktr.ee/talynnkel
@v-e-tirado.com
horror afrolatine ๐ฉ๐ด award winning author. I write a lot. https://linktr.ee/vetirado
@jackpbrown.bsky.social
pre-order THE REAPER (Del Rey UK, 2025) https://linktr.ee/jackpbrown
@quietblkgrl.bsky.social
Author | #preWGA | she/her |โ๏ธ | deeply unserious southern gal | BA in theatre/film | the one writing about debutante vampire slayers | #freepalestine ๐ | words in midnight&indigo, Haydenโs Ferry Review, & more
@ravynnkamia.bsky.social
YA Author of LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS & LOVE REQUIRES CHOCOLATE. Editor at midnight & indigo. Has a PhD but doesnโt talk about that anymore ๐ Very Virginian. Real Down to Mars Girl ๐ช ravynnkstringfield.com
@kosokojackson.bsky.social
USA TODAY Bestseller โข 2023 Lambda Literary Award Winner & Fellow โข THE MACABRE, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WITCHCRAFT (@harpervoyagerus, 2025 & 2026) โข WME Repped Screenwriter โข Film/TV: Mary Pender, WME #scriptsky, ๐
@storysorcery.bsky.social
bi // a FL nigga ๐//gemini // she/her // southerner // trans lives matter always // National bestselling author of THE POISONS WE DRINK & the author of THE BEAST YOU MADE OF ME
@tjbentonwalker.com
Bestselling & Award-Winning Author | BLOOD DEBTS, BLOOD JUSTICE, THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST, & ALEX WISE | #Gaymer ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎ https://linktr.ee/tjbentonwalker
@mecctheeholy.bsky.social
free flowin'.. self published #author | #diviner | Southern #Hoodoo | Storyteller | Creative Curator | Writer | Dawta of the Crossroads ๐โ๏ธ Fayettenam NC --------> PA beacons.ai/moremec
@sbscarlett222.bsky.social
Tear in Reality (out now!) โก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐, ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ค, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ https://scarletthathaway.carrd.co
@nneka.bsky.social
diaspora-discoveries.com | nnekadennie.com | professional yapper | accidental history prof | editor of Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth Century Black Radical Feminist (OUP, 2023) | โฝ๏ธ fan | ๐ป๐จ vincy, not nigerian | NEEK-uh
@rosasparks.bsky.social
Shuri's mom. Publisher of Fabulize; a pop culture feminist mag for BIPOC nerds. Cannabis lover. Neurospicy creative. Emerging comic book writer and novelist. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐Ignatz Awards nominee subscribe: https://mailchi.mp/f0796697386b/fabulizemagsubscribeme
@killianfantasy.bsky.social
Artist and writer. Books: The Heretic Series. Bride of the River God Comics: The Violent Vixens Ride Again, Soul Food War, Villainous (webcomic). #art #books www.sarahamacklin.com https://linktr.ee/sarahamacklin
@shoneljackson.bsky.social
Author of Contemporary Romance ๐ Poetically inclined ๐ Former actress ๐ญ Sky's the limitโช๏ธ๐ฌ๐พ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ #ServiceIsUniversal ๐ค๐ PIN/โค๏ธ Caribbean Vibes ๐ด Feed bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3fprsrd7nxtvd2mr3vun6jrr/feed/caribbeanvibes ๐ https://linktr.ee/shoneljacksonauthor
@ohhmyjaie.bsky.social
authoress & writer ๐ฆ โ๏ธ Blooming Uninterrupted available now https://linktr.ee/jaiesims
@nikkisavoy.bsky.social
I dream of joy and justice and write about the intersection of Black love and Black pain in pursuit of the two | Thriller Author | Poet | Creative #BLM #BVM #SocialJustice #StopHate #Equality #DEI #Ally
@chrystaldgiles.bsky.social
Author of books for young people. ๐ Take Back the Block ๐ Not an Easy Win ๐ We Are Joy (2026) linktr.ee/chrystaldgiles
@sadegabriella.bsky.social
Writer, activist, poet | Words in TIME Magazine, Forbes, Teen Vogue, Harperโs Bazaar, ELLE Magazine, The Nation, + more โ๐พ | Amherst College alumna | ๐ณ๐ฌ + AAโค๐ค๐ | Views = mine