LaShonda Katrice Barnett is an American author, playwright, and former radio host. Her 2015 debut novel, *Jam on the Vine*, received a Stonewall Book Award by the American Library Association in 2016 and was named a finalist in the lesbian fiction category at the 2016 Lambda Literary Awards. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals, including *The Chicago Tribune* ("Printer's Row"), *Callaloo*, and *Guernica Magazine*.
Barnett holds a B.A.