Maiysha sits down with best selling author Candice Carty-Williams about her new book "People Person," what made her start writing, her Black British musical that is being picked up by Netflix, how the United Kingdom teaches Russian history before Black history and the genesis behind her critically acclaimed best seller "Queenie."

Maiysha sits down with best selling author Candice Carty-Williams about her new book "People Person," what made her start writing, her Black British musical that is being picked up by Netflix, how the United Kingdom teaches Russian history before Black history and the genesis behind her critically acclaimed best seller "Queenie."

Writing Black is an entertaining and compelling podcast featuring Black writers and showcasing the myriad of ways Black people tell their stories by interviewing writers from across the diaspora. Each week, host Maiysha Kai, theGrio’s lifestyle editor, talks to some of the best Black playwrights, songwriters, comics, journalists, authors, and more about the process, popular culture, publishing, and how race inherently inspires and informs their work. 

Writing Black is an entertaining and compelling podcast featuring Black writers and showcasing the myriad of ways Black people tell their stories by interviewing writers from across the diaspora. Each week, host Maiysha Kai, theGrio’s lifestyle editor, talks to some of the best Black playwrights, songwriters, comics, journalists, authors, and more about the process, popular culture, publishing, and how race inherently inspires and informs their work.

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