DéLana R. A. Dameron

DéLana R. A. Dameron is a Black Southern writer and the author of Weary Kingdom (University of South Carolina Press, 2017), a Palmetto Poetry Series book edited by Nikky Finney. Her debut novel, Redwood Court, a Reese’s Book Club Pick, was published by The Dial Press in 2024. Dameron is the founder and chief strategist for Red Olive Creative Consulting, a boutique firm whose focus is fundraising for arts and culture organizations. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Dameron currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.