Yamara Grand

Yamara Grand is an author and the creative muse of StudioMoreFolio. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and now based in Miami, she creates books where storytelling, visual art, and self-expression meet.

She began with a notebook, but never believed creativity belonged to words alone. Her work moves between fiction, illustrated publishing, and hands-on creative guides. One project may explore identity, ambition, and belonging through narrative; another may invite readers to experiment with color, style, makeup, or character and make the experience their own.

Her first novel, Life of Yamara, follows a journey from Kingston to Miami and examines what can be gained—and lost—when a private life becomes visible. Her creative titles, including Halloween Face Painting, approach art as something accessible: not a performance reserved for experts, but a way to play, transform, and tell a story without words.

Across every format, Yamara’s work is guided by curiosity, close observation, and the belief that a book can be more than something we read. It can be something we enter, use, and remember.