Black Women Writers and Publishers That Should Be On Your Bookshelf

Black Women Writers and Publishers Founders Watch List

Got a manuscript that’s waiting to be published? Looking for a children’s book subscription service that caters to telling Black stories? Need a PR pro or someone to create press material for your next project? Don’t know how to get started on your book idea? Or are you just looking for great reading material?

The Black Women Writers and Publishers listed below can help you with any and all of your writing, publishing, and reading needs.

Celebrate Female Founders Month by contacting them today. You and your book could be on our watch list next!

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Eartha Watts-Hicks

Earthatone Enterprises, LLC offers select small business owners, churches, nonprofits, film projects, and independent artists (poets, authors, and musicians) press material and market copy at a reasonable price.

As an affiliate of BlackPR.com, Eartha Watts-Hicks has written countless press releases for products, services, and events. Eartha offers a range of publicity services and specializes in interactive digital media kits.

She is a former board member of Cultivating Our Sisterhood International Association a 501(c)(3), having served two terms as director of publications. Eartha Watts-Hicks is also the author of Love Changes.

In June of 2013, Eartha Watts-Hicks received the Just R.E.A.D. ‘literary game changers’ Award by the NYCHA branch of the NAACP and was named a 2013 NAACP ambassador for literacy.

She was also featured in the Writers Guide to 2013, the New York Amsterdam News, FAN Magazine, SYM Magazine, January Magazine, Harlem World Magazine, and a number of blogs and Talk Radio segments. 

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Mijha Butcher Godfrey

Jambo Books is a children’s books subscription company. We send 2 age-appropriate books each month that feature children of color as the stars of their own stories. The books arrive with a personalized letter in boxes beautifully decorated with art that also uplifts children of color.

Jambo Books’ mission is to center the stories and lives of children of color. We want to show them themselves in all environments so they know they belong everywhere and their lives are valid and worthy of being treasured.

We want white children to see children of color in all kinds of environments too, so that they may have the soul-expanding experience of seeing children of color as normal.

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E. Danielle Butler

EvyDani Books is an independent publishing and author public relations company based in metro Atlanta. Our focus is on the publication of books by emerging authors and leaders, particularly people of color.

Our mission is to help independent voices craft, tell and share their stories through clear, concise and compelling communication. The primary genres of EvyDani Books are devotionals, journals, memoirs and children’s works.

EvyDani Books’ services include content strategy & creation, ghostwriting, author coaching and publishing.

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Carol Gee

Who would have ‘thunk’ it? That a person could find success with a series of essays lamenting about their unfriendly foundation garments; bras, panties, girdles (think before Spanx), the things women carry in their handbags.

Like the assorted keys that I have long forgotten what they unlocked but can be used as a weapon. After all, who needs Mace when you already carry ‘keys of death’?

Or answered the age-old question, “Why do women go to the restroom in pairs? Certainly, not I. Nor could I imagine the feeling of ‘sisterhood’ that my books would create that women fondly coined them ‘girlfriend’ books.

Written for females ages 18 and up, promoting them and other words of inspiration and empowerment were the catalyst for my one-woman writing service A Feast Of Words, LLC.

Other services include researching and writing business case studies and copyediting manuscripts.

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Allicia Washington-White

Communications expert and professional, Allicia Washington-White has taken her love for English, reading, and parenting and built a brand that is relatable and unique.

Through the IamAllicia brand, Allicia is helping people feel comfortable enough to tell their story. Allicia also supports mothers through her Mommy events which includes a support group, Mommy only events and mommy and me play dates.

Allicia is also a new author and her book, “Stories My Mother Never Told Me,†will be released June 8, 2019. Through her podcast “Speak Your Truth†she tackles necessary, relatable topics in a fun, engaging and informative way. 

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Korrie Corrin

I’m a blogger and author with experience in writing about dating and relationships.

I recently published my first book with dating advice titled “Who Does That: Lessons Learned from an Epically Disastrous Dating Life” and I have been blogging about dating and relationship advice for the last two years on my blog Lovetails with Korrie Corrin.

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Dana Ellington

Going back to school for another degree, especially during an economic downturn, when you’re middle-aged, and in a career slump, is hardly a novel idea.

In fact, it’s so common it’s almost predictable. Returning to academia to be a well-paid novelist, however, is hardly routine. But that’s exactly what I did as the first step to establishing Nowata Press Publishing & Consulting, LLC.

With my new Master of Arts in Professional Writing, and several self-published books in the market place, the idea matured from being a well-paid novelist into the 2010 launch of Nowata Press Writer’s Coaching.

My signature program, Simply Self-Published, is celebrating it’s 9th year and has introduced over 100 workshop attendees to the world of self-publishing.

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Leigh “Dangerous Lee” Langston

DangerousLee.biz is a business and lifestyle blog that highlights Black women small business owners/entrepreneurs.

Dangerous Lee is the author of the erotica anthology Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down, The Half Series: When Black People Look White, and the sci fi short story, Love no haha. She is also a blogger, digital marketing expert and digital publisher.

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Dr. Tapo Chimbganda

Future Black Female supports and encourages the amplification of the voices and visions of Black/African girls and young women globally.

We work hard to provide channels through which they can access opportunities for their futures and we value their thoughts, feelings, and experiences as a vital part of the wider world.

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Which Black women publishers and writers should be added to our list?

Let us know in the comments!

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