About Me
Dr. Deirdre
Dr. Deirdre Williams is an author, educator, lecturer, and entrepreneur. Her current published works include children’s books: Quit, Khaliah!, ¡Khaliah, Para!,and Donovan Says. She just recently released her first chapter book A Place for Me, which reaches middle school age youth or those who might find reading lengthy chapter books challenging. Prince Davi’s Christmas Giftis her new book for children of all ages.
As a child Dr. Deirdre’s mother took her to the local library everyday for children’s story hour. That’s where she gained her love for reading and books. Unfortunately, she never really saw any characters that looked like her. She knew that one day she would write stories with characters like her. She gives credit to the DC Area Writing Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project for giving her a renewed interest and focus on writing. This encouraged her to write her first children’s books about her niece, Khaliah and nephew, Donovan.
Books by Deirdre
As a child Dr. Deirdre’s mother took her to the local library everyday for children’s story hour. That’s where she gained her love for reading and books. Unfortunately, she never really saw any characters that looked like her. She knew that one day she would write stories with characters like her. Dr. Deirdre was inspired to write Quit Khaliah about her niece Khaliah, thus giving birth to Books by Dierdre.
My Books
As an educator, Dr. Deirdre knows there are gaps in diversity in classroom, school and public libraries. Dr. Deirdre understands the importance of
children seeing images of themselves in
print.