I distinctly remember coming back to college after my freshman year (freshwoman, really). I still felt fresh. Being new to…
Author: Aya de Leon
Aya de Leon directs the Poetry for the People program in the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley. Her work has appeared in Essence Magazine, xojane, Ebony, Guernica, Writers Digest, Mutha Magazine, Movement Strategy Center, My Brown Baby, KQED Pop, Bitch Magazine, Racialicious, Fusion, and she has been a guest on HuffPostLive. She is the author of the children's picture book PUFFY: PEOPLE WHOSE HAIR DEFIES GRAVITY. Kensington Books will be publishing her debut feminist heist novel, UPTOWN THIEF, in 2016. For more info, go to ayadeleon.wordpress.com.
Although I’ve dreamed of being a novelist since I was a young adult, I am achieving the dream in my…
Unlike my Deb sisters with the huge TBR stacks (to be read), I have completely accepted defeat. I can’t seem…
I’m a city girl. I’ve lived only in urban coastal areas–the Bay Area of Northern California and Boston. I write…
Over this past year being a Deb, I’ve shared the interview questions with several guest authors. Each time, one or…
Last week, my debut novel UPTOWN THIEF was published. As I reflect on the experience, I recall that 2004 was…
Heather Young is my twin sister in the world of Debut Novelists. Our books came out the same day–Tuesday, July…
1. The original title of the book was The Manhattan Escort & Larceny Service. My editor Mercedes Fernandez didn’t like…
Second time around In some ways, I’m a second round debutante. In 2004, I did a solo show. It was…
This week on The Debutante Ball, we’re looking back at our New Year’s Resolutions. I have made many resolutions in…
