Kyra Ann Dawkins

Inspired by the stories her grandfather told her, Kyra Ann Dawkins is no stranger to writing. Having published in many papers, she graduated with highest honors from Phillips Exeter Academy and from Columbia University in the City of New York where she majored in Medicine, Literature, and Society. After graduating, she noticed an intense pressure to construct her identity.

A champion of oral tradition, she wrote her debut book, The We and the They, to create a narrative space where readers could escape the limits of individuality and experience a story as a member of a new collective. The book has recently won 3 Firebird Book Awards, taking first place in the Dystopian, Magical Realism, and Speculative Fiction categories.

Kyra enjoys The Twilight Zone and is a huge Mickey Mouse fan. When she isn’t visiting museums, you can often find her annoying her younger siblings.

The We and the They

Beautiful, lyrical, and thought provoking. The We and the They is a dystopian story of humanity and community during the Great Famine. The fractured society is so heartbreaking, as indicated through the “We” and “They” pronouns, while the preservation ofContinue Reading