Tiffanie Drayton is a mother, world traveller, and journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Vox, Marie Claire, Playboy, Salon, and Complex, and on Yahoo, among other outlets. She has published two nonfiction young adult books, Developing Political Leadership Skills and Coping with Gun Violence, and most recently published Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream. She grew up in the United States and currently lives with her family in Tobago.