The 2025 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on Saturday, November 1.
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Desiree S. Evans

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Desiree S. Evans is a writer and editor from south Louisiana. She is co-editor of the indie-bestselling young-adult horror anthology, The Black Girl Survives in This One. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin, as well as degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and international affairs from Columbia University. 

 

Schedule

Noon to 12:45 pm

State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

The Black Girl Survives in This One

Desiree S. Evans with moderator Brittany N. Williams

(ages 12 and up)

 

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

The Black Girl Survives in this One: Horror Stories

INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER

“This anthology makes a statement: Black women belong in horror…Projects like this ― brave, necessary ― celebrate Black women, and will hopefully inspire the future of the genre.” ― The New York Times Book Review

A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end

Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one.

Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death. Prepare to be terrified and left breathless by the pieces in this anthology.

The bestselling and acclaimed authors include Erin E. Adams, Monica Brashears, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Desiree S. Evans, Saraciea J. Fennell, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Daka Hermon, Justina Ireland, L.L. McKinney, Brittney Morris, Maika & Maritza Moulite, Eden Royce, and Vincent Tirado. The foreword is by Tananarive Due.