Whitney French (she/her) is a writer, educator and publisher. She is the editor of the award-winning anthology Black Writers Matter (University of Regina, 2019) and Griot: Six Writers Sojourn into the Dark (Penguin Random House, 2022). Her novel-in-verse, Syncopation is forthcoming with Wolsack and Wynn Press (Fall 2025).

Whitney is a Black futurist who explores memory, loss, technology, and nature in her work. Whitney is also a certified arts educator who taught creative writing at Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Toronto and guest lectured at Humber College for the Business of Publishing course. Whitney has also lectured and presented in spaces such as Spelman College, the Aga Khan Museum, and Howard University. Having worked as both a developmental and acquisitions editor, Whitney is now the co-founder and publisher of Hush Harbour, the only Black queer feminist press in Canada.

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