escaping the everday

Born in Jamaica and raised in Atlanta, Ann Michelle Harris writes romantic suspense and fantasy/speculative fiction with diverse characters and positive social justice themes. She is a lawyer by day and a writer by night with a B.A. in English from Penn and a J.D. from Emory. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, the Atlanta Writers Club, and Georgia Romance Writers. She won the 2026 Georgia Author of the Year Award in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category for her debut novel, North. She is also a HOLT Medallion finalist, a Maggie finalist, a double finalist in the Pages From the Heart contest, and a finalist for the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award from Sisters in Crime. 

 Her allegorical fairytale novel North  has been described as “distinctive and compelling” by Kirkus Reviews. Her stories are featured in FIYAH, Midnight & Indigo, 16 Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers; the grifter crime anthology Hook, Line, and Sinker, and the vacation crime anthology Gone Fishin: Crime Takes a Holiday.   In addition to fiction, she writes sci-fi/fantasy reviews for the Hugo Award winning Nerds of a Feather. She teaches writing workshops and has been featured in various online publications including Writer Unboxed, Canvas Rebel, Black Fiction Addiction, and others. She is married to her real life meet-cute and loves anime, yoga, fancy donuts, and vacations at the beach. 

A cynical boy who can heal from any injury is destined for a lot of suffering, but when he meets a fierce princess with a murdered father, his dangerous adventures are just beginning.

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