Pam Ward

LA native, Pam Ward’s first novel, "WANT SOME GET SOME," Kensington, chronicles Crenshaw High kids after the ’92 riots. Her second novel, "BAD GIRLS BURN SLOW,” Kensington, follows a female serial killer. A UCLA graduate and recipient of a “California Arts Council Fellow” and a Pushcart Poetry Nominee, Pam edited the first journal on Los Angeles black women poets entitled, "The Supergirls Handbook." While operating a design studio and teaching at ART CENTER COLLEGE, Pam merged writing and graphics, producing “My Life, LA” documenting Black Angelinos in poster/stories. Her literary showcase, “I Didn’t Survive Slavery For This!” was a poetic multi-media riff on life post emancipation. While running her community imprint Short Dress Press, Pam is currently working on her third novel “Bury My Dress on Central Ave.,” about a dalliance with her aunt and the prime Black Dahlia suspect. Her latest poetry anthology, “Between Good Men & No Man All,” World Stage Press, came out in 2022.