Carry All Your Roots With You.

A born New Yorker and a first-generation Jamaican-American, DeAndra Davis, an autistic and neurodivergent author of young adult, middle grade, and adult novels, was raised in South Florida. DeAndra is a graduate of Florida International University where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction.

A reader since the age of 3, DeAndra’s finest memories are inside book stores and libraries with her mother where she devoured books well above her age range very early on. From Junie B. Jones to Eragon, DeAndra’s tastes varied wildly and she never stopped reading. Then, inspired by the characters she loved, she also never stopped writing. Now, a neurodivergent wife and mother of neurodivergent children, an advocate and survivor of mental health struggles, and a passionate Instructor of English at Florida Atlantic University, DeAndra writes the worlds that she lives, that she dreams of, and that she wants to tear down. 

Though Brooklyn runs in her veins, Florida and Jamaica have her heart. You can find her rapping Glorilla as quickly as you’ll find her singing Beres Hammond. She loves raging about everything from Game of Thrones to Attack on Titan with her husband, children, their goldendoodle named Luna, and English Mastiff named Zeke.