Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, M. J. Fievre moved to the United States in 2002. She currently writes from Miami. M. J.'s publishing career began as a teenager in Haiti. At nineteen-years-old, she signed her first book contract and has authored several books since then, including Black and Resilient and Badass Black Girl.
L. Malaika Cooper is a writer, travel professional, and occasional comic. A journalist by vocation, she has written for major publications. Her short stories have also been published in various anthologies, and she is working on an urban fantasy trilogy. A Washington DC native, she currently lives in Houston, Texas.