SYNTHIA SAINT JAMES

Synthia Saint James is a self-taught visual artist, award-winning author and/or illustrator of 17 children’s books, an art marketing book, three poetry books, a book of affirmations, and a cookbook. She is most celebrated for designing the first Kwanzaa Stamp for the United States Postal Service in 1997, for which she received a History Maker Award, and for the international cover art for Terry McMillan’s book Waiting to Exhale.