Ytasha L. Womack is an award-winning author, director and dancer. Her books include Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci Fi & Fantasy Culture, the sci fi novel Rayla 2212, Post Black, and Beats Rhymes and Life: What We Love & Hate About Hip Hop. Afrofuturism is a 2014 Locus Awards Nonfiction Finalist. She is a frequent lecturer on Afrofuturism and showcases at Comic Cons. Her works have inspired conferences including Duke University’s Race in Space Conference and Afrofuturism & Religion Conference at Vanderbilt. Her latest film, Bar Star City, an Afrofuturist work debuts in 2016. She’s a Chicago native and a graduate of Clark Atlanta University.