Shari B. Pennant
@ShariWrites
(Shuh-Ree) | She/Her | Author-Illustrator-Bookseller | Co-owner: @jayshousebooks | COOL AWKWARD BLACK (2023) | THESE KINDRED HEARTS (Zando/Sweet July 2026)
I’m SO excited to finally announce this amazing project, THESE KINDRED HEARTS, a YA romantasy anthology featuring stories by incredibly talented BIPOC authors. Because what’s more magical than young love? Coming Spring ‘26 from @zandoprojects Zando/Sweet July Books!

My first rom com is out in the world today, just in enough time for Pride and World Pride! I’m super excited about it and I’m pinching myself with how lucky I am to keep writing. This fake dating rom com features a Black boy falling in love and finding love with a Black prince!
when the poor female character from a romance book refuses to spend the money of her rich billionaire boyfriend 🙄
This anthology hasn’t even published yet and I CANT WAIT to do another one, LETS MANIFEST
Buy books written by Black authors
Read books written by Black authors
Bring back real tv 😭😭😭
prime CW had 4 shows all in the same verse all airing at the same time with 20+ episodes for each and a yearly crossover.
Five more days 😌 submit your magical love story by June 18
AND we are holding an open call! If you are an unagented, unpublished BIPOC writer, you can submit your short story for a chance to join us in this anthology. Visit TheseKindredHearts.com
the way the community in Sinners came together to put up the juke joint 😭😭😭😭😭
Pour yourself a fresh start—today’s brimming with #MondayMotivation ☕💫
Yall gotta lock in when The Comic Shop series drops and I’m so serious!!!! BATTLE STATIONS!!! WATCH PARTIES. THE WORKS. #TheComicShopSeries
Can someone who works or knows about the film industry tell me why casting directors have strayed away from casting black women
Fruit doesn’t come before flowers, nor flowers before leaves, leaves before branches, branches before roots, roots before seeds. Keep going.
— exactly! my fictional parents built this brick by brick! ✨🩵
Poc4Poc ships on top idgaf
thank you guys for all the excitement, shares and well-wishes! we're working hard to bring these magical, colorful love stories to your shelves
I’m SO excited to finally announce this amazing project, THESE KINDRED HEARTS, a YA romantasy anthology featuring stories by incredibly talented BIPOC authors. Because what’s more magical than young love? Coming Spring ‘26 from @zandoprojects Zando/Sweet July Books!