ABOUT ME
"I love writing stories!"
I've been a writer my entire life. It has been the best way to express myself and my thoughts...
After I graduated from Emerson College with a degree in Journalism and Public Policy. My career as a journalist took me on an amazing journey.
I worked as a videographer and television reporter in Fairbanks, Alaska. My hedgehog, Pavorotti, accompanied me on that adventure. I continued working as a television reporter and sometimes anchored while covering news across South Carolina, Mississippi, and Massachusetts. Some of my stories received awards from the Associated Press. And, I even dabbled in print journalism, freelancing for The Boston Globe.
After leaving news, I spent a couple of years writing songs and performing around Boston's music scene! I released an extended album, SHATTERED SKIES. Then, I went on hiatus to work on another album, but ended up focusing on children's literature.
My award-winning, debut picture book, GOODNIGHT GANESHA, released with Viking Books. GOODNIGHT GANESHA is a Bank Street Best Book, ALSC DIA Selection, and an NCTE #WOWDozen poetry title. In 2020, I won a WOOP Honor Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). It's an award recognizing a work of outstanding progress for my non-fiction picture book manuscript, MYRLIE: A VOICE OF HOPE, which is now titled, A VOICE OF HOPE: THE MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS STORY.
A VOICE OF HOPE is the first ever picture book biography about the remarkable social activist, Myrlie Evers-Williams. It is illustrated by the incredible mixed media artist, London Ladd and released by Philomel Books. The book received two starred reviews from the School Library Journal and The Horn Book. It's a #PADIBA Commended book. It won the 2025 Children & Youth Literary Awards for nonfiction and is also a 2025 Notable Social Studies Trade Book.
My third title, A RAKHI FOR RAKESH, is a SEL fiction picture book about siblings navigating forgiveness against the sibling holiday, Raksha Bandhan. It releases in Summer 2025.
I am working on some more picture books and a couple of graphic novel manuscripts. So, stay tuned for more!
I like to write books that feature South Asian and Caribbean culture, SEL themes, STEM concepts, non-fiction subjects, and filled with humor.
Who knows? Maybe someday I'll add music into a lullaby book...
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