Kamilah Cole

Kamilah Cole is a Jamaican-born, American-raised author of fantasy for teens and adults, and a graduate of New York University. She worked for four years as a writer and entertainment editor at Bustle, and her nonfiction has appeared in Marie Claire and Seventeen.

Her debut young adult duology, the Divine Traitors, is made up of So Let Them Burn and This Ends in Embers, a Jamaican-inspired fantasy about two sisters and their island homeland. Her adult fantasy debut is An Arcane Inheritance, and Wicked Endeavors followed in 2026. She has been nominated for the Lodestar, Lambda, Astounding and Dragon Awards.