Desmond Hall
Cognoscenti contributor
Desmond Hall is a Jamaican-born author whose novel “Your Corner Dark” was one of Bank Street’s Best YA novels of 2022, a finalist for the New England Book Award, a nominee for the Yalsa audio book award, Essence Magazine’s 19 Children’s book list, and included on several MUST READ lists including Buzzfeed and WBUR. His new book, "Better Must Come," will be released in May ’24.