Samara Cole Doyon is both a second-generation Haitian American and a deeply rooted Mainer, with half of the roots of her family tree reaching generations deep into the soil of the Pine Tree State. She is a freelance writer, teacher, wife, and mother. She has been a regular contributor at Black Girl In Maine Media and has been featured in the ?Deep Water? poetry column of the Portland Press Herald.

ABSOLUTELY LOVELY. - Jacqueline Woodson: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Laureate 2018, Author of Brown Girl Dreaming, National Book Award Winner 2014, Another Brooklyn, National Book Award Finalist 2016