JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD, is an award-winning and children’s author, poet, educator, and scholar. Her first children’s book "Imani’s Moon" won the NAESP Children’s Book of the Year Award and was featured on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show and Storytime with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her second book "Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story!" received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and won the CELI Read Aloud Book Award, and her third book "SHHH! The Baby’s Asleep" received a starred review from School Library Journal. Additionally, her book TOO-SMALL TYSON is a Storytelling Math title with Charlesbridge Publishing. She enjoys writing, discussing the importance of authentic diversity in children’s literature, teaching about child development and literacy, and spending time with her husband, Catrayel, and her daughter, Vivian.

JaNay Brown-Wood