ABOUT
Yasmin Angoe is an action and psychological suspense thriller author, Library of Virginia People’s Choice Fiction Award finalist, and Anthony-award nominee of the critically acclaimed international Her Name is Knight and domestic psychological suspense Not What She Seems. 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.
Yasmin is a member of several organizations such as Crime Writers of Color, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, The Crime Writer’s Association, and the Women’s National Book Association.
Yasmin is a former English teacher and instructional coach, and lives in South Carolina with her husband and their kids.
November 7-10, 2024
Hampton Rhodes Writer’s Conference- Keynote
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Short bio: Hailing from Northern Virginia, Yasmin Angoe is an award-winning thriller author of action and psychological suspense thrillers and a first-generation Ghanaian American. She taught English in middle and high schools for years, served as an instructional coach. and works now as a freelance developmental editor.