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Dhonielle Clayton

Dhonielle Clayton

Keynote Speaker: Author & Chief Operating Officer of "We Need Diverse Books"

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Dhonielle Clayton Biography

Dhonielle Clayton is New York Times Bestselling author of The Belles series, the co-author of the Tiny Pretty Things duology, a Netflix original series, and the author of the forthcoming middle-grade fantasy series The Marvellers. She is COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, and owner of CAKE Literary, a creative kitchen whipping up decadent—and decidedly diverse—literary confections for middle grade, young adult, and women’s fiction readers. She’s an avid traveler, and always on the hunt for magic and mischief. Up next: Shattered Midnight (Fall 2021), The Rumor Game,

She taught secondary school for several years – at a pre-professional ballet academy and a private K-8 school. She spent most of her twenties in and out of America – living in London, Paris, a small Japanese town, Bermuda – and wandering the planet. She’s been on five out of seven continents and has grand plans to reach all of them. She is a former elementary and middle school librarian.

She earned a BA in English from Wake Forest University. She rediscovered her love of children’s fiction by re-reading Harriet the Spy, which pushed her to earn an MA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University and an MFA in Writing for Children at the New School.

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Dhonielle Clayton Videos

Speak on It | Dhonielle Clayton
'Dear Reader' | The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
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