Authors YASMIN ANGOE and TERRY BENTON-WALKER, LIFTed UNITED Book Panel

Yasmin Angoe is first-generation Ghanaian American and, in 2020, received the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime.Yasmin is a former English teacher and lives in South Carolina with her husband Vincent and their four children. The Nena Knight series has been optioned for a TV series by Ink Factory and Fifth Season and is currently in development.

She left home as the local pariah, but when a family tragedy brings her back, she must confront her tortured past-and a new danger in town that no one seems to understand but her. Jac hasn’t been there since the beloved chief of police fell to his death―and all the whispers said she was to blame. That chief was Jac’s father.

Terry Benton-Walker is a writer who grew up in rural GA and holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech and a master's in business administration from Georgia State. He lives in Atlanta with his husband and son. When he’s not writing, he can be found gaming, eating ice cream, or both.

Gods meddle and magic will betray you, but this time justice will reign.

Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen. On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau—the sixteen-year-old twin heirs find out their sick mother isn’t sick—she’s cursed. And they’re next!

YASMIN ANGOE and TERRY BENTON-WALKER in conversation with Karis McPherson, BEYOND BOUNDARIES PANEL 4