Nia Shumake is a multi-disciplinary writer and artist born and based in Detroit. She attended University of Michigan and earned her Bachelors of Arts in Communication Studies, and spent a summer studying English Literature at Oxford University. 

Her work chronicles sparsely documented stories on Black icons and cultural phenomena where she’s profiled the likes of Andre Leon Talley in tandem with Christie’s, Bethann Hardison, covered the likes of iconoclastic figures and events such as Donyale Luna, Elizabeth Catlett, and The Battle of Versailles, and has also interviewed Style and Fashion industry professionals at British Vogue, The CUT, EPOCH Review, 032c and an assortment of cult publications. Her bylines can be found in Essence, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Dazed, Architectural Digest, Models.com, and Paris based publication Domina Journal. And now, she’s facilitating a three day event facilitating a generative writing workshop focusing on creative and journalistic writing as well as teaching attendees how to pitch.