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ABOUT STACEY ROBINSON
Book Editor | YA Author | Cultural Curator | Music Lover
Stacey Marie Robinson is a Toronto-born writer, editor, and cultural curator of Jamaican heritage. Through her company, Kya Publishing Inc., she explores Black identity, Caribbean culture, and coming-of-age storytelling in Canada.
Since 2007, Stacey has published 12 novels and short story collections centering Black youth, music, and Caribbean Canadian communities. In 2014, she founded the Toronto Urban Book Expo, a platform that has hosted over 25 writers workshops, 7 Black book fairs, and various international collaborations with independent authors.
In 2024, Stacey published a teen novel Dancehall Rebel with James Lorimer & Company Ltd. Publishers; her second novel with Lorimer, Carnival Curves, is set for release in fall 2025.
A longtime commentator on pop culture and Black creative life, Stacey has written 335+ reviews, essays, and cultural analyses for Kya Publishing's Reflection & Reason blog. Trained in piano and music theory, Stacey has curated several original soundtracks, blending her literary and musical passions.
She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies (University of Windsor), an M.A. in Communications (Wayne State University, Detroit), and a Publishing diploma from Toronto Metropolitan University.
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