Angela Shelf Medearis

Angela Shelf Medearis is the author of more than 90 award-winning children’s books and several cookbooks for adults including The African-American Kitchen, The Kwanzaa Celebration, and Ideas for Entertaining from the African-American Kitchen, and The Ethnic Vegetarian.

Her latest book is The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook, 150 Healthy, Delicious Recipes for Diabetics and Those Who Dine wit Them.

Recipes from the current book:

• Crispy Roasted Chicken
• Grown Folks Cheesy Noodles
• Mixed Greens with Lemon and Garlic

More than 10 million copies of her books have been sold world-wide.

Medearis has appeared on Lifetime Real Women (bio), QVC, The Discovery Network, DIY, The Today Show, and numerous local news programs as The Kitchen Diva. She was also featured on Throwdown with Bobby Flay on Food Network and won using her fabulous Jerk Chicken recipe!

Medearis is the owner of Diva Productions, Inc., a multimedia company that produces books, and educational radio, television, film and animation projects. She is one of the only African-American women in the United States to own a multimedia company. Diva Productions creates, produces, and distributes programs with a unique perspective and a fresh new way of presenting entertainment and information about urban culture and issues.

Mrs. Medearis lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Michael.