Erica Simone Turnipseed New Member

Author | Editor | Educator | Book Collaborator

Fiction Poetry Nonfiction

As an author who writes in multiple genres, I am the book collaborator for Reshona Landfair’s memoir, Who’s Watching Shorty? Reclaiming Myself from the Shame of R. Kelly’s Abuse (Legacy Lit/Hachette, 2026); published a story, “Your Name,” in the anthology America’s Future (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2025); as well as children’s picture book, Bigger Than Me (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2023), and two adult novels, A Love Noire (Amistad/ HarperCollins, 2003) and Hunger (Amistad/HarperCollins, 2006). In all I do, I am guided by Toni Morrison’s words, “If you are free, you need to free somebody else.” Whether through my own pen or in collaboration with others, I empower the overlooked and liberate untold stories

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