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• FORMER MISS MICHIGAN RETURNS TO DETROIT BOOK FEST TO NORMALIZE WOMEN OF COLOR LEADING SCI-FI FANTASY ADVENTURES

  

  – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –   FORMER MISS MICHIGAN RETURNS TO DETROIT BOOK FEST TO NORMALIZE WOMEN OF COLOR LEADING SCI-FI FANTASY ADVENTURES Author and former pageant queen promotes stories with Black women in the leading role  DETROIT, July 15, 2019 –  Octavia Reese, Detroit-native and Miss Michigan 2005, will return to Detroit Book Fest…

  Octavia Reese

  July 15, 2019

  News

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• Brown girls dominate Wakandacon 2018

  LOCAL AUTHOR AND TEEN ARTIST PARTNER TO INSPIRE GIRLS WITH SCI-FI SERIES AT FIRST ANNUAL WAKANDACON Former Miss America contestant writes brown girls into the spotlight; 9th grader illustrates CHICAGO July 31, 2018 – Young women of color can identify with new bold champions in the young adult science-fiction fantasy series, The Hibouleans. Writing and…

  Octavia Reese

  July 31, 2018

  Writing Wisdom

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