A New Jersey native with a deep love for words, Janay is a best-selling, award-winning author of YA romance and thriller novels.

A licensed therapist by day and fiction writer by night, Janay’s books center Black girls who are bold, brilliant, and caught between who they’ve been told to be and who they’re becoming.

Whether it’s a love triangle with consequences or a friend group falling apart under pressure, Janay writes the kind of fiction that makes readers feel seen—and sometimes a little shook.

Books. Breakthroughs. Black girl magic. Stay a while.

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