WHITNEY FRENCH (she/her) is a writer, educator and publisher. She is the editor of the award-winning anthology Black Writers Matter (2019) and Griot: Six Writers Sojourn into the Dark (2022). Her novel-in-verse, Syncopation is forthcoming with Wolsack and Wynn Press (2025). Whitney French is also the co-founder and publisher of Hush Harbour Press. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor teaching creative writing at the University of British Colombia.