Selina Brown

Selina Brown is an Author, Marketing Consultant and Event Producer. Raised by her British Mother and Jamaican Granny, Selina was an avid reader from a young age. At 16 she became the Youth MP for Nottingham, her love for words gained her two Degrees and a Masters at 21 years old. After living and working in New York, Jamaica, Kenya and Gambia Selina founded Little Miss Creative, an award-winning Female Development Agency that empowers girls in schools across the UK. During the pandemic she wrote the picture book series Nena that became popular in 2020. The same year Selina launched the intentionally renowned Black British Book Festival, which aims to celebrate new and emerging Black British authors across all genres of literature.

In 2024 she was named The Bookseller‘s FutureBook Leader of the Year, the book industry’s most prestigious emerging leader recognition. In 2025 she was named Trailblazer of the Year at the London Book Fair and recognised as a BBC 1Xtra Future Figure, confirming her position as one of the most important cultural voices in the United Kingdom. In March 2026 she became the inaugural recipient of the Queen’s Reading Room Medal, named a national reading hero at Clarence House in recognition of her transformative impact on reading culture across the UK.