Charmaine Wilkerson

Charmaine Wilkerson is a Jamaican-American journalist, writer, and author. She is known for her debut novel, Black Cake, which was a New York Times Bestseller.

Personal life Wilkerson is originally from New York. She has moved around a lot in her own life. She spent much of her childhood living in Jamaica and some time as an adult living in Los Angeles. She currently lives in Rome, where she has been living for over two decades.

Wilkerson attended Barnard College at just 16 years old and graduated with a B.A. in linguistics. She then went on to study at Stanford University's graduate program in communications.

With her debut novel, Wilkerson wanted to relay the importance and ability of transferring culture and stories through food.