Sunday, September 7th
10am CT – North Stage

Sandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of novels The River Where Blood is Born and Hot Johnny and the Women Who Loved Him. Her debut mystery, Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes, releases in July 2025. Jackson-Opoku’s fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic works are widely published and produced. Professional recognition includes a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the American Library Association Black Caucus Award, a Chicago Esteemed Artist Award, an Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award, a James Baldwin Fellowship at MacDowell Arts, a Malice Minotaur Award for First Mystery, and others. She presents readings and workshops nationally and worldwide.