From classic, sweeping SF, to gritty Fantasy, there’s something for everyone in the eclectic mix of books below. The data controller is The Orion Publishing Group Limited. Also, thank you for the support. Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice. Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton met while attending the New School’s acclaimed Writing for Children MFA program. This […], We are thrilled to welcome Dhonielle Clayton to the Gollancz Blog. ❤️ https://t.co/RltsOF8ruy, — Dhonielle Clayton (@brownbookworm) April 24, 2020. Dhonielle Clayton is the coauthor of the Tiny Pretty Things series. In addition to that, Clayton is a former librarian, and the COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books. Find out more. From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton, and the author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak, Sona Charaipotra. I just got off school visit where kids unmuted continuously to call me a nigger … or ask why the teacher was so fat. Dhonielle tweeted on April 23 that students unmuted on blank video screens kept calling her the n-word while they also kept calling their teacher fat. Can anyone help me w/best ZOOM practices? Dhonielle is the author of The Belles, a multicultural fantasy YA novel, and its sequel The Everlasting Rose. Dhonielle Clayton is an American author and chief operating officer of We Need Diverse Books. The series is an adaption of the book with the same name by Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra. I'm going to email with the teacher and @YALLWEST about what happened, and see if there can be something done. Now as the tool ballooned in the number of public users, Zoom’s founder and CEO Eric S. Yuan has started weekly webinars on Wednesdays for input from users. Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton met while attending the New School's acclaimed Writing for Children MFA program. Dhonielle Clayton’s most popular book is The Belles (The Belles, #1). She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side. I'm going to email with the teacher and @YALLWEST about what happened, and see if there can be something done. . — Dhonielle Clayton (@brownbookworm) April 23, 2020. Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an … Today, Dhonielle shares with us the inspiration behind her new novel The Belles as well as an exciting extract. Dhonielle Clayton has 21 books on Goodreads with 250836 ratings. As most Americans were beginning to do school and work at home, the videoconferencing provider Zoom became a popular tool in late February but so did the term “Zoombombing” in which people uninvited to a meeting enter the meeting with many using racist terms against particular groups who were meeting on camera. While these authors are making time out of the kindness of their hearts to directly interact with their audience, it raises the question of security when racial slurs and other inappropriate comments can be typed in or verbalized in a virtual setting. She is the co-author of the Tiny Pretty Things series and New York Times bestseller The Belles and its sequel The Everlasting Rose. Her works include The Belles and Tiny Pretty Things, co-authored with Sona Charaipotra. As an English teacher at a ballet academy, Clayton … Sign up to our monthly email to keep up to date with new releases, author news, and exclusive competitions. . The Belles author and We Need Diverse Books chief operating officer Dhonielle Clayton says she was called the n-word several times during a Zoom class. Dhonielle Clayton creates a rich, detailed, decadent world of excess and privilege, where beauty is not only skin-deep, but a complete mirage. She is also the co-founder of Cake Literary. On Monday, a post started circling on social media that sent YA fans spiraling (in a good way). Dhonielle Clayton is COO of We Need Diverse Books. Authors, including Kelly Yang and Dhonielle Clayton, have become victims of racist comments on Zoom, Instagram, and other digital platforms used to connect educators, students, and … She grew up in the … Weaving deeper questions about the commodification of … Life and career. 2 minutes read. Sona is a journalist who has written for the New York Times, People, Parade, Cosmopolitan, and other major media. Today I’m talking with Zoraida Córdova and Dhonielle Clayton, authors, podcasters, and conversational ebullience personified.