Veronica Chambers

Veronica Chambers is a highly accomplished American author, known for her works in non-fiction, young adult novels, and memoirs. She gained significant recognition in 2012 when she co-wrote the memoir of Marcus Samuelsson, titled 'Yes, Chef', which was a New York Times bestseller and won a James Beard award. In 2017, she edited a collection of essays on Michelle Obama, further cementing her reputation in the literary world.

Born in Panama and raised in Brooklyn, Chambers often draws from her Afro-Latina heritage in her writing. Her critically acclaimed memoir, 'Mama's Girl', is a testament to this, earning praise from The New Yorker as a "troubling testament to grit and mother love" and one of the finest in the genre. The memoir has been adopted as course material in numerous high schools and colleges across the country.