Fatima Henson is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. She is a passionate and talented US History teacher and writer with a penchant for dystopian and fantasy storytelling. She is also an alum of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and American University in Washington DC. Much of her work seeks to swing open the doors of imagination into fantastical worlds where she reveals the deep and intimate lives of young Black characters thriving against persistent and remarkable obstacles. Henson is also the author of Courageous Cody’s Western Adventure, an action-adventure book for children ages 8–12. She currently resides in Atlanta.