Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon are close friends and the co-authors of Zora and Me, winner of the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award and an Edgar Award nominee. A fictionalized yet revelatory account of Zora Neale Hurston’s childhood experiences with her best friend Carrie, this is the first book not written by Hurston to be endorsed by the Zora Neale Hurston Trust. Well suited for interpreting the early origins of Hurston’s life as both field anthropologist and writer, Simon has an M.A. in Anthropology, and Bond holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. They both live in New York City.