Tanya Batson-Savage is a Jamaican writer, filmmaker, publisher, and creative consultant. She is the publisher and editor of the independent publishing house Blue Banyan Books and its imprint Blouse & Skirt Books. She wrote a collection for children, Pumpkin Belly and Other Stories (2005), produced and script-edited the animated short film Agwe (2018), and wrote the critically acclaimed play Woman Tongue (2016). Her short film script Endeavour earned the award for Best Script in the KingstOOn Anime Festival in 2013. She will appear at Miami Book Fair 2022 to moderate the panel “Out of Many, One People,” where writers with ties to Jamaica will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the island nation’s independence and read from their work.