is the author of "HUNGERED,” Oprah’s Book Club Pick (Oct 2026)

is a leading antiracist scholar based at Howard University and author of several #1 NYT Bestsellers, including the newly-released Chain of Ideas.

IS A #1 NYT AND PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLING CARTOONIST WHO ILLUSTRATES FOR SCHOLASTIC, GOOGLE, WASHINGTON POST, CARTOON NETWORK, AND BOOM! STUDIOS.

is the author of the novel Lush Lives; Audible Original The Groves; a memoir in essays, Blackness Thirteen Ways: Art, Life, and the Revisions of a Mulatta Lesbian; and the forthcoming Garland650, a poetry collection in conversation with the surviving work of Sappho.

is the author of The Black Shield, an intimate family memoir and sweeping history that confronts the contradictions of Black policing in America. 

is the author of several bestselling books, including the new novel MAJESTIC HILLS, a gripping novel about race, class, and the hidden fault lines beneath the American dream.

IS THE INTERNET’S CHESS TEACHER, AKA GOTHAMCHESS, AND AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “HOW TO WIN AT CHESS”