Jayne Allen

Jayne Allen is the pen name of Jaunique Sealey. A graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School and an avid traveler, she speaks three languages and has visited five continents. Drawing from her unique experiences as an attorney and entrepreneur, she crafts transcultural stories that touch upon contemporary women’s issues such as workplace and career dynamics, race, fertility, modern relationships, and mental health awareness. Her writing echoes her desire to bring both multiculturalism and multidimensionality to a rich and colorful cast of characters inspired by the magic uncovered in everyday life. She calls the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series “the epitaph of my 30s.” Black Girls Must Be Magic, the second book in the planned trilogy, has been called a “bittersweet treat” with “wide appeal with women’s fiction fans” by Publishers Weekly. A proud native of Detroit, she currently lives in Los Angeles and works as the VP of strategy and community at Zibby Books.