Markelle Grabo

Markelle Grabo retells the fairy tales that frustrate her, which, based on that guideline, could include nearly all of them. Her debut YA novel, Call Forth a Fox, is a sapphic twist on "Snow White and Rose Red" that received a starred review from Shelf Awareness for its “beautifully layered construction of identity” and was selected for the American Library Association's 2025 Rainbow Book List. Markelle earned her master’s degree in creative writing for children and young adults from Hamline University and lives in the Greater Chicago Area with her husband and their two cats, Matcha and Kava.