Syllble Presents: A conversation with award winning novelist alaya dawn johnson

Join our Founder Fabrice Guerrier and the Syllble community in conversation with Award Winning Novelist and short story writer Alaya Dawn Johnson this Saturday March 18th at 10:00am PT live on Syllble’s Youtube Channel.

Bio:

Alaya Dawn Johnson is an award-winning short story writer and the author of seven novels for adults and young adults. Her most recent novel for adults, Trouble the Saints, won the 2021 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Her debut short story collection, Reconstruction, was an Ignyte Award and a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist.

Her debut YA novel The Summer Prince was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, and the follow-up Love Is the Drug was awarded the Andre Norton Nebula Award. Her short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, most notably the title story in The Memory Librarian, in collaboration with Janelle Monáe. She lives in Oaxaca, Mexico. 

Visit here website here.