Shameka Erby

Shameka Erby is a writer from Philadelphia currently living in Baltimore. Her love affair with romance novels started early, and she loves writing sweet and sexy love stories. Now the author of both short story collections and many romantic novels, Shameka’s joy is in writing gentle, emotional, passionately heated stories of Black love starring plus sized and queer characters. She also publishes a newsletter, Just A Girl and Her Laptop. 

Appearances at the 2026 Baltimore Book Festival:

Second Chances in Love and Life