Yasmin Angoe is the author of the critically acclaimed international espionage thriller Her Name Is Knight, the domestic psychological suspense novels Not What She Seems and Behind These Four Walls, and the young adult fantasy horror novel She Drinks the Light. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and received the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime.

Yasmin’s books were featured as Amazon’s Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and an Editor’s Pick. Her work has received numerous recognitions, was on a billboard in Times Square, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. The Nena Knight series is also optioned for a TV/Film adaptation.

Her Name Is Knight has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, OprahDaily.com, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, The Guardian, and other platforms. Not What She Seems was a 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Mystery & Thriller.

Yasmin is an active member of the Author’s Guild and several writing organizations and writes thrillers that pair unrelenting suspense and action with characters who resonate and women whose courage is tested in challenging circumstances. She is a former English teacher and instructional coach, and lives in South Carolina with her family.