Austin Channing Brown in conversation with Leah Johnson

presented by Loudmouth Books 

Austin Channing Brown is a New York Times bestselling author and speaker providing inspired leadership on racial justice in America. She is the author of I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, a young readers version of I'm Still Here, and Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self Possession. Austin's undergraduate work was in business management. She also earned a master's degree in social justice. And in 2024, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oakland University in Michigan. She's made metro-Detroit her home.   

Leah Johnson (she/her) is an eternal midwesterner and author of award-winning books for children and young adults. Her bestselling debut YA novel, You Should See Me in a Crown, was a Stonewall Honor Book, the inaugural Reese's Book Club YA pick, and named one of TIME magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. She is also the author of the Lambda Literary Award finalist, Ellie Engle Saves Herself, the editor of the USA Today bestselling middle grade anthology, Black Girl Power, and the co-author of the Good Morning America YA Book Club pick, There’s Always Next Year with George M. Johnson. When she’s not writing, you can find her at Loudmouth Books, her Indianapolis-based independent bookstore that specializes in highlighting the work of marginalized authors and uplifting banned or challenged books.