Stephana I Colbert

Stephana I. Colbert is a writer and an attorney. Her publications include Ordinary Extraordinary African American Women: The Elders, and Ordinary Extraordinary African American Women: As We Mature the first two books in a 4-book series celebrating African American Women; Color Him Father: Stories of Love & Rediscovery of Black Men, for which Stephana was co-editor of the book and author of one of the book’s short stories celebrating her father; and a chapter on the criminal justice system in Black Culture & Experience: Contemporary Issues, Vol. 71 (2015). She is currently completing the third book in the African American Women Series, Ordinary Extraordinary African American Women: The Millennials. Inspired in her writing by the late J. California Cooper, Stephana is committed to greater diversity in literature through her ownership of Jewell Jordan Publishing, LLC, Stephana is a native of Oklahoma City, where she currently resides.