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About The Sanctuary

The Reed, Write, & Create Sanctuary is a private, global membership community for BIPoC women writers who take their writing life seriously. We bring together BIPoC women writers who are ready to dedicate themselves to achieving their writing goals, so that they can get paid, get published, and make an impact with their words. We support and celebrate our writers through the entire process of the publication journey – writing, publishing, and promotion – with the resources they need to achieve success.

About Lori Tharps

Lori L. Tharps is an award-winning author, journalist, and former tenured college professor, whose work lands at the intersection of race and popular culture.

A gifted storyteller, Lori is the author of three critically acclaimed non-fiction books that deal with race, culture and identity; Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America (St. Martin’s), Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain (Atria), and her most recent, Same Family Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America’s Diverse Families (Beacon).

Lori is also the author of the novel, Substitute Me (Atria) and three “celebrity memoirs.” In addition to her books, Lori’s work can be read in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Essence, Glamour, and Entertainment Weekly magazines. (To learn more about Lori and her professional background, please visit her personal website.)

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lori now makes her home in the south of Spain with her husband, children and a small dog who pretends to be a poodle.