ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Carmen Evelyn G. Nuyda (formerly C. Georgina C.) is a self-taught dressmaker who once specialized in couture, creating made-to-measure wedding gowns of timeless elegance.

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After more than a decade of research and deep immersion into the life of Elizabeth Keckley, she penned her debut novel—now being adapted and reimagined beyond the page as a short film and an immersive, experiential work that collapses time, memory, and embodiment. She is currently completing her second work, Lovejoy—the first in a series chronicling the untold love story of Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray Douglass, it is a narrative that weaves their 19th-century romance with the threads of modern-day life, and an introspective novel about reinvention, legacy, and the courage it takes to love again.

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A survivor of Multiple Sclerosis, Nuyda is also a devoted horsewoman, Reiki practitioner, and multifaceted artist with a profound love for poetry, literature, jazz, and the visual arts. She finds joy in cooking for loved ones and fulfillment in motherhood, dedicating her days to raising her two daughters.