About me
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet, novelist, and visual artist. She is the recipient of the Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award and the Paterson Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. Her debut novel, Promise (Random House, 2023) was a Kirkus Reviews and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year. Her acclaimed debut memoir, The Flower Bearers (Random House), was published in 2026.