Candace Floyd

Candace Floyd is a writer and NaNoWriMo evangelist who believes in the power of stories to change lives. A lifelong reader, it wasn’t until picking up Franz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks in graduate school that she finally saw her own identity and experience reflected in a book, sparking a passion for representation in literature. Originally from New York State, she now lives and writes in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and furry mascots.