Tekeyla Friday is the children’s programmer for the Chinook Regional Library. She plans children’s literacy programs and writes funny puppet shows. She had written stories since she was eight years old and always wanted to be a children’s writer. In 2010 and 2011, R.E. A.L Canadian Kids Magazine published two of the pieces in Mystical Magical Stories book. She released a picture book, Bothers: Powers of the Archangel Michael, published by Balboa Press in 2014. 

In her spare time she tinkers around with cover design, helping self-published authors with ebook formatting and reading books for print. She strives to sharpen her editing skills so she can serve even more of her fellow writers in the art that she loves best--children's and young adult writing.