Glory Edim — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Received the 2017 Innovator's Award at the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for her work.
Founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a reading network and literary community, since 2018.
Authored the anthology 'Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves' (2018).
Launched the Well-Read Black Girl literary festival in 2017, raising $40,000 via Kickstarter.
Holds a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University.

Biography

Glory Edim is a Nigerian-American writer and entrepreneur, widely recognized as the founder of Well-Read Black Girl (WRBG). She launched WRBG on Instagram in 2015 after moving to New York City. The initiative, inspired by a nickname and conversations about books, aimed to develop a community for Black women to discuss their interest in literature by Black women writers.