Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is a Jamaican Nigerian New Yorker and author of several books for children, including Operation Sisterhood, an IndieNext List Top Ten Pick and Black Caucus of the American Library Association Best of the Best Selection; Makeda Makes a Birthday Treat, a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book; It Doesn’t Take a Genius, a Kirkus Reviews Best of the Year; Saving Earth, a CCBC Choices Book; and Someday Is Now, an NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. She’s also the coauthor of Two Naomis, an NAACP Image Award nominee. Olugbemisola lives with her family in NYC, where she writes, makes things, and needs to get more sleep.
She is a member of The Brown Bookshelf, contributor to several anthologies including We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, and editor of the We Need Diverse Books anthology The Hero Next Door. She’s written for various outlets, including PBS Parents, Read Brightly, American Baby, Healthy Kids, and some of her childhood favorite hip hop fanzines like Right On! Magazine.
Visit Olugbemisola’s website: http://www.olugbemisolabooks.com/
