Jaunique Sealey, writing fiction under the pen name “Jayne Allen,” is the author of the bestselling Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, published by HarperPerennial/HarperCollins. Jayne’s work has been reviewed by The New York Times, featured on Good Morning America, and selected as a Target Book Club pick. She has appeared in USA Today, BuzzFeed, Essence, Shondaland, Ms. Magazine, Detroit’s HOUR Magazine, and Kirkus Magazine alongside many other national and local media platforms and podcasts. In 2022, the BLACK GIRLS trilogy was optioned by AGC Studios and is currently in development as a television series, with Ms. Allen serving as a co-executive producer.

A graduate of Harvard Law School and Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, Jayne spent a decade as an entertainment attorney and another decade following as an entrepreneur and marketing executive, serving as a founder and/or founding executive management for five companies. She is currently a member of the Council of the Authors Guild and serves on the Diversity Committee.

A strong proponent of “reach as you climb,” since 2018, through her Book Genius online platform, Jayne has shared marketing and publishing industry expertise with other authors and aspiring authors in high-impact, quality educational formats, furthering a goal of shepherding new voices into self-sustaining careers.