Rachel Faturoti

Rachel Faturoti is a YA and children’s fiction writer, screenwriter, and poet with a passion for broadening the scope of authentic Black representation in YA and children’s fiction. She believes it’s important for readers to see themselves represented well in stories. Rachel has her first two novels, Sadé and Her Shadow Beasts and Finding Folkshore, out in 2022. She was a mentor for WriteMentor this year and she is represented by Lauren Gardner at Bell Lomax Moreton.

Age Category: Middle Grade, Young Adult

Expertise: Craft questions, querying questions and submission questions.