Jessica Pryde is a contributing editor for Book Riot, where she is the co-host of the When In Romance podcast and writes about bookish things of all kinds.

Having earned a Bachelor of art in the interdisciplinary project in humanities at Washington University in St. Louis and her Master of library science at San Jose State University.

She is now a librarian in Tucson, where she lives with her husband and an ever-growing collection of Funko Pops.

"Black Love Matters" is her first book.