Samara Cole Doyon

Samara Cole Doyon is a Black writer of mixed Haitian and European descent, living in the state of Maine–a region of unceded Wabanaki / Abenaki territory. She is a poet and educator, holding a BA in English, with graduate-level teacher training from the University of Southern Maine. She is also a children’s book author, winning both a Lupine Award and an International Literacy Association Award for her debut picture book, Magnificent Homespun Brown (Tilbury House Publishers, January, 2020). Her second children’s book, Magic Like That (Lee & Low Books, September, 2021), earned a starred review from Kirkus and made the Bookstagang Best Picture Books of 2021 list. Samara works at Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and resides with her husband, two children, and rescue pup in Lewiston.