![]() ![]() ![]() She beamed, “Home, I’m going home.” Every time she said those simple words in her mind, she felt a part of herself thawing. To separate her dreams from the reality of what had happened the day before. So let’s hear a piece from this captivating coming of age story that also evokes the best of African mythology.īeast of Prey Excerpt When Koffi awoke the next morning, she felt different. The sequel has already become an Amazon editors pick for best young adult, a great accomplishment for a series that Gray began writing right out of college. As a follow up to her bestselling debut Beast of Prey, Ayana recently published the second installment of her fantasy trilogy titled Beasts of Ruin. And today we are delighted to have one of the most sought after authors in the young adult fantasy market, Ayana Gray. ![]() I am your host, Maiysha Kai, also Lifestyle Editor of theGrio. ![]() Maiysha Kai Hello and welcome to another episode of Writing Black on theGrio’s Black Podcast Network. You are now listening to theGrio’s Black Podcast Network, Black Culture Amplified. Ayana speaks about how it is being a young Black author in a genre that doesn’t see a lot of Black women writers, making sure Black people are represented in her novels, her time in Ghana, her books being picked up by Netflix and more. Maiysha sits down with New York Times bestselling young-adult author Ayana Gray about her two fantasy novels, “Beasts of Prey” and “Beasts of Ruin,” two books that center around an all-Black fantasy world. ![]()
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