Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond is the author of Powder Necklace, which Publishers Weekly called “a winning debut.” Her work is featured in various anthologies, including Africa39 and Everyday People. Forthcoming from Brew-Hammond are a children’s picture book from Knopf and a novel. She was a 2019 Edward F. Albee Foundation fellow, a 2018 Aké Arts and Book Festival guest author, a 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival scholar, and a 2016 Hedgebrook writer in residence.