N. D. Jones – författare

Have you heard or used the phrase: "Well-intentioned/well-meaning white person"? What about "white liberal"? What do those phrases mean to you? And what do they have to do with education in America?

Before she was an author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels, N. D. Jones was an educator. In her essay, "The Danger of the Liberal White Educator," she reflects on her twenty-plus years as an educator in a field where most public school teachers and administrators are middle-class white women responsible for the academic future of more than 20 million students of color. Jones'' insights into the liberal white educator mindset come from her years of facilitating cultural proficiency professional development for employees in a white-dominated public school system where all is supposed to mean all, yet racial inequity and disproportionality persist.

In the hashtag era of #BlackLivesMatter and #SayHerName, what role should white educators play in promoting equity and equality in their classrooms and school buildings? More, what should they commit to doing differently to build their cultural, social, and emotional intelligence? N. D. Jones explores these questions in her essay.

Sanura Williams and Assefa Berber are the prophesized Fire Witch and Cat of Legend. They are destined to defend humanity against ancient gods and mythical monsters. But destiny is not the same as desire. For Sanura and Assefa, a witch and a shapeshifter, they must overcome their fears, bond their inner spirits, and accept their fate. If not, innocents will die, cities will flood, and beasts will rule.

In a world where nothing is as it seems, the seeds of love take root on the precipice of chaos, danger, and a great destiny.

Sanura and Assefa are the One True Pairing. Their destiny is to fight. Is it also to die?

Death and Destiny Trilogy

Book 1: Of Fear and Faith- In the shadow of an ancient prophecy, two individuals will be drawn together to meet a dangerous calling--or die trying.

Book 2: Of Beasts and Bonds- To save the world from Mami Wata, a water goddess with a bloody thirst for power and an insatiable appetite for death and destruction, they must defeat her beasts and the Water Witch of Legend.

Book 3: Of Deception and Divinity-A mighty war, waged every 500 years, has returned to the realm of mortals. And with it, the Day of Serpents arrives to wreak havoc upon the world.