Georgia-born writer Shay Youngblood is author of the novels Black Girl in Paris and Soul Kiss (Riverhead Books) and a collection of short fiction, The Big Mama Stories (Firebrand Books). Her plays have been widely produced. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including a Pushcart Prize for fiction. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University and has taught Creative Writing at NYU. She currently lives in Atlanta.
Lo Harris is an illustrator and motion designer based in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in Bessemer, Alabama and, from the time her family had a computer, she would spend hours on Microsoft Paint. She currently works as an Associate Animator at NBC News Digital, and has previously done work for The New York Times, Bustle and The Chicago Reporter. Lo seeks to creates work that empowers women through celebrations of self-love, self-compassion and sisterhood.

"Home can be a blue house with white trim you share with your mama. But it can be bigger than that, with lots of Big Mamas to take care of you when your mom works--different houses for every day of the week. Mondays mean Nurse Louella and bike riding. Tuesdays mean eating fufu with your fingers with Miss Zikora. And Wednesdays ... well, no matter where you are, as long as you are with your Big Mamas, you are home."--