Dhonielle Clayton is the New York Times bestselling author of The
Belles and the coauthor of the series Tiny Pretty Things, on which the Netflix show is
based. She is the COO of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books and CEO of the
diversity-focused story kitchen Cake Literary. She's a former elementary and middle
school librarian. She earned an MA in children's literature from Hollins University
and an MFA in writing for children at the New School. She tweets @brownbookworm