Traci O'Dea, Poet Traci O’Dea is a Senior Lecturer of English at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College O’Dea and the author of two poetry collections: Waving (Assure Press, 2021) and Restricted Movement (Scotland Street Press, 2021). The audio book for Restricted Movement, narrated by the author, was released in...
Carol Mitchell, Writer Carol Mitchell describes herself (in jest) as being in self-imposed exile from her Caribbean home. She holds an MFA and teaches writing in Virginia. She is also a fellow of the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Her short stories have appeared in various Caribbean journals and four of...
Alake Pilgrim, Writer Alake Pilgrim writes from small, magical islands in the Caribbean, where people are connected to Africa, India, China, the Americas, Western and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, thanks to the Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship,...
Eishar Brar, Publisher Eishar Brar is a prominent award-winning British publishing executive, widely recognized for her strategic focus on inclusive, diverse, and commercially successful children’s and young adult (YA) literature. She serves as the Fiction and Non-Fiction Publisher at Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB).




