LaKesa Cox is the author of four novels: After the Storm, Water in My Eyes, Fetish for a Blue Skyy and Mulatto Girl Aggie, 13: Name on the Ledger, which is her first YA novel. She has also contributed to three anthologies: Nikki Turner Presents: Street Chronicles-Girls in the Game, Street Chronicles-A Woman’s Work and The Ex Chronicles. LaKesa Cox resides in a suburb of Richmond, Virginia with her husband and three children.

Winner of 2016 African American Literary Award for best short story.