Valjeanne Jeffers is a speculative fiction writer, screenwriter, Spelman College graduate, and a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Carolina African America Writers’ Collective. She is the author of ten books, which include her Immortal, Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective, and The Switch series. Valjeanne has been published in numerous anthologies including: Steamfunk!;The Ringing Ear; Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler; Fitting In: Historical Accounts of Paranormal Subcultures; Sycorax’s Daughters; Black Magic Women, The Bright Empire, and, most recently, All the Songs We Sing, Bledrotica Volume I; Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire; Obsidian Tales, and Sorghum and Spear: The Way of Silk and Stone (Subsume media/in press). She is also the screenwriter of the film adaptation of her novel, The Switch II: Clockwork. Preview or purchase her novels at: www.vjeffersandqveal.com