Tonya Duncan Ellis: Author of the Bestselling Sophie Washington Children's Chapter Book Series

Join me in a heart-to-heart with Tonya Duncan Ellis.:She is the author of the bestselling Sophie Washington children’s chapter book series and THEY BUILT ME FOR FREEDOM (Balzer + Bray an imprint of Harper Collins, 2024) She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), the Authors Guild, Black Creators in KidLit, and the Brown Bookshelf’s Highlights Foundation-sponsored, Amplify Black Stories storyteller cohort. In 2021, she won the Austin SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award. She is a 2022 SCBWI’s Independently Published Book Launch Marketing Grant winner. As represented by Sara Megibow of KT Literary, Tonya holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and a BA in French from Centre College of Kentucky. She lives in Houston, Texas, and is married with three children. For more information, go to www.tonyaduncanellis.comShe can be followed on Instagram and Facebook as @tonyaellisbooks