Lauren Simone Blogs

Nav, the simple and intelligent financing platform for small businesses, featured Lauren Simone Publishing owners yesterday on their Instagram page (@navsmb). The caption read, "Meet Olivia Lauren John, and Alyssa Simone John, the founders of Lauren Simone Publishing House (@laurensimonepubs), a publishing house that promotes diverse stories, characters, authors, and artists. They, along with CEO Melissa-Sue John, create authentic, entertaining, and educational children’s books. Olivia, Alyssa, and Melissa-Sue say: “We started writing books in 2017 when we saw the lack of books that depicted black and brown children. And those that existed, were not written by black and brown authors.” With...

James Dale is a husband of 16 years, a father to three beautiful children currently aged 14, 11, and 4. He is a first generation American, his parents immigrated from Jamaica in 1974. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing at Full Sail University. He is known for being a screenwriter, editor, radio personality, and indie author. In addition to being a brilliant writer and podcaster, he drives city buses in Hartford, CT for almost two decades. His work can be found online at Smashwords.com, Amazon.com, or wherever e-books are sold. He began writing December 19, 1993 to cope with...