#249 - From Industry to Author with Zakiya Dalila Harris

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Debut author Zakiya Dalila Harris joins us on the podcast this week to discuss her novel, The Other Black Girl. Before becoming an author, Zakiya worked as an editorial assistant at a publishing house and she tells us what real life experiences influenced her book and what it was like being on the other side of the author-editor relationship. She also talks to us about her experience getting an MFA, the television adaptation of The Other Black Girl, and what changes in the publishing industry she’s seeing now and hopes to see in the future.</span></p> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/34BHaqy"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Learn more about this episode!</span></a></p>