Jordan Ifueko is the NYT-bestselling author of the RAYBEARER series and other stories, and a finalist for the 2021 Andre Norton Nebula Award and the Lodestar Award. Sheβs been featured in NPR Best Books, NPR Pop Culture Hour, ALA Top Ten, Buzzfeed, EW, and other publications. She writes about magic Black girls who arenβt magic all the time, because honestly, they deserve a vacation. Ifueko lives in Los Angeles with her husband David & their 3-legged trustafarian dog Reginald Ovahcomah.