Maiysha sits down with New York Times bestselling Young Adult author Ayana Gray about her two fantasy novels Beasts of Prey and Beasts of Ruin. Two books that center around an all Black fantasy world. Ayana speaks about how it is being a young Black author in a genre that doesn't see a lot of Black women writers, making sure Black people are represented in her novels, her time in Ghana, her books being picked up by Netflix and more. 

Maiysha sits down with New York Times bestselling Young Adult author Ayana Gray about her two fantasy novels Beasts of Prey and Beasts of Ruin. Two books that center around an all Black fantasy world. Ayana speaks about how it is being a young Black author in a genre that doesn't see a lot of Black women writers, making sure Black people are represented in her novels, her time in Ghana, her books being picked up by Netflix and more.

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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