The Last Bunny in Brooklyn

I m a Black feminist writer of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories for children I was born and raised in Canada, but have lived in the US for 20 years I earned my PhD in American Studies from NYU in 2003 I have taught at Ohio University, Louisiana State University, Mount Holyoke College, Hunter College, Bard High School Early College, and Borough of Manhattan Community College My poetry has been published in the Cave Canem anthology, The Ringing Ear Black Poets Lean South, Check the Rhyme an Anthology of Female Poets and Emcees, and Coloring Book an Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers My novella, Plastique, was excerpted in T Dot Griots an Anthology of Toronto s Black Storytellers, and my plays have been staged in New York, Cleveland, and Chicago My essays have appeared in School Library Journal, The Huffington Post, and Publishers Weekly My picture book, Bird, won the Honor Award in Lee Low Books New Voices Contest and the Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers My young adult novel, A Wish After Midnight, has been called a revelation vivid, violent and impressive history Ship of Souls was published in February 2012 it was named a Booklist Top Ten Sci fi Fantasy Title for Youth and was a finalist for the Phillis Wheatley Book Award My short story, Sweet Sixteen, was published in Cornered 14 Stories of Bullying and Defiance in July 2012, and my latest YA novel, The Door at the Crossroads, was published in April 2016 I am an advocate for greater diversity and equity in publishing, and I have self published numerous illustrated books for younger readers under my own imprint, Rosetta Press 3 were named Best Children s Books of the Year by the Bank Street Center for Children s Literature I currently live in my beloved Brooklyn I m represented by Jennifer Laughran of the Andrea Brown Agency.