Tameka Fryer Brown

Tameka Fryer Brown (a native of Miami, Florida) has called Charlotte, North Carolina home for over 25 years. She is a picture book author who writes to sow seeds of self-love, pride, connectivity, and inclusion in the hearts of children. Her first literary accomplishment as a children’s book writer came when she was awarded one of two First Prizes in the 2008 Cheerios® Spoonfuls of Stories® New Author Contest. Her published works include Brown Baby Lullaby, My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood, and Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day, which have collectively won awards like the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award and the Anna Dewdney Read Together Award, and have been honored on best book lists by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, New York Public Library, Bank Street College, NPR, Parents Latina Magazine, The Little Free Library, and more.

Tameka’s most recent star-reviewed picture books are Twelve Dinging Doorbells, Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm’s Fight for Change, and That Flag. Her next book, All the Greatness in You, will be published by FSG/Macmillan in November 2024.

From the author's website