Adesina Brown (they/them) centers and celebrates QTPOC in all of their work.

Adesina (uh-day-sin-uh) is a biracial Black Trinidadian and white queer, non-binary, 23-year-old person. They were raised on unceded Tongva territory (“Los Angeles, CA”) and currently resides on unceded Chinook territority (“Portland, OR”).

Their work has been featured in Minola Review, Rigorous Magazine, Exposition Review, and more. Where the Rain Cannot Reach, Book One of Doman’s Despair, is their debut fantasy novel, published by Atmosphere Press in December 2021. They are also an editor for Perennial Press and a former Room Collective member, after having been a mentee to Téa Mutonji in the Room Magazine 2021 Mentor-In-Residence Program. On the rare occasion they are not writing, editing, or reading (follow their GoodReads and StoryGraph accounts!), they like to care for their plants, listen to music, and rest.

Adesina is currently unagented.

Contact Adesina with any inquiries.

 

Signing at Reparations Club in Los Angeles, CA.