A Nine Night for Noxxy

Mercedes Deacon is an author and editor who loves pulling from her black British Caribbean heritage in stories. Born and bred south Londoner, she enjoys blogging, making shea butter and basking in the sun with her cheeky cat, Luna.

Sayada Ramdial is a freelance illustrator from Trinidad & Tobago, now living and working in the Pacific Northwest. Her passion for art started early, and was given direction when she attended the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she majored in Illustration and minored in Drawing.

Sayada mainly works digitally, but is also well versed in watercolour, ink, coloured pencil, pencil, and acrylic painting, when the situation calls for traditional media. One of Sayada’s favourite things to draw (and to make) is food! When she’s not experimenting at the drawing board or in the kitchen, she enjoys exploring nature and meeting friendly, furry pets.