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About The Author

Kerika Fields is a writer, photographer, and cultural curator who resides in Brooklyn, NY, where she was born, bred, and continues to create.

Her articles and photographs are recognized for their vivid perspective and have been widely published and exhibited. She is the author of He’s Gone…You’re Back: The Right Way to Get Over Mr. Wrong (Kensington Publishing) and With Your Bad Self: A Novella (Jacaranda Books).

Through books, photography, curated conversations, writing workshops, and her YouTube channel, she explores culture, memory, relationships with self and others, and the life’s work of becoming your Bad Self.

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