Jill Tew is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed Caribbean American author of dystopian romance and middle grade novels that imagine Black girls in exciting new worlds.

Her books have received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal, and have been featured in the New York Times, People, and elsewhere. Her next dystopian romance An Ocean Apart was released by Penguin Random House in October 2025 and was ranked Amazon’s #1 Top New Release in Dystopian Fiction for Teens.