Camille F. Forbes is a storyteller and historian whose fiction has been featured in Obsidian and Callaloo, among other journals, and supported by Hambidge and Write On Door County residencies. Her current projects include historical novels Minding the Territory and Shadowy Redemption. Dr. Forbes holds a doctorate in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University, and her nonfiction work includes Introducing Bert Williams: Blackface, Burnt Cork, and the Story of America’s First Black Star, a critical biography. She is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Literature at UC San Diego.