BIO
Nea A. Simone
New York Times Bestselling Author • Creator • Producer
Nea A. Simone is a New York Times bestselling author, creator, and producer whose books have reached readers in more than 20 countries. Her work spans fiction, film and television, psychological horror, children’s media, industry thought leadership, and emerging platforms united by a commitment to culturally resonant storytelling and creator ownership.
A Literary Career with Enduring Reach
ReBorn became a New York Times bestseller, establishing Nea as a distinctive voice in contemporary fiction. Her literary recognition also includes the American Library Association Bestseller distinction, Barnes & Noble’s Original Voice of Fiction, and the Borders Bookstores’ Celebration of Books Readers’ Choice Award — Best in Fiction.
For more than two decades, Nea’s writing has explored identity, transformation, survival, legacy, and the emotional forces that shape women’s lives. Her books have reached readers in more than 20 countries, and the Mignon Samuels Trilogy has remained in continuous print for more than 20 years.
Her published works include the Mignon Samuels Trilogy—Reaching Back, ReBorn, and The Substance of Things—along with Finding Y.E.S. and NOW PLAYING: From Script to Screen — Web3 Film Funding Playbook, Vol. 1.
From Page to Screen
Nea’s current creator slate extends her storytelling across publishing, film, television, animation, and digital formats. Each property is being developed with its own audience, format, and expansion pathway.
The Salt Line
A Southern Gothic psychological thriller being developed as both a novel and television series, adapted from the world of Reaching Back.
FOR RENT
An original psychological-horror property being developed as a feature film and digital proof-of-audience series.
The Adventures of SAP
A children’s publishing and animated-content property centered on self-discovery, with science and nature woven throughout its world. Book One, SAP and the Kindness Ring, centers on Patience.
The Mignon Samuels Trilogy
An enduring body of literary intellectual property with more than 20 years in continuous print and adaptation potential across film and television.
Through NOW PLAYING, Nea also contributes film-industry thought leadership focused on funding, emerging infrastructure, and creator ownership.
Entertainment Strategy and Audience Development
Her work connects creative vision with practical pathways to audience, partnership, investment, distribution, and long-term intellectual-property growth.
As founder and CEO of Bespoke Media Marketing, Nea brings more than two decades of experience in entertainment strategy, audience development, market positioning, and creator readiness across film, television, publishing, animation, and emerging media.
Ownership, Innovation and Emerging Media
In 2023, Melanated Studios merged into Bespoke Media Marketing, bringing Nea’s work in entertainment, audience strategy, technology, and creator ownership under one platform.
Nea’s commitment to creator ownership led her into blockchain and emerging-media infrastructure. She founded Melanated Studios and is widely reported as the first Black woman to found a blockchain services agency in the United States.
Through Melanated Studios, the Melanated NFT Gallery, NFT ATLANTA CON, and celebrity NFT initiatives involving cultural icons including Miles Davis and DMX, Nea worked to expand access, representation, and ownership opportunities within emerging digital markets. Her pioneering work received coverage from Variety, Yahoo, Finance Magnates, CoinMarketCap, Blockchain News, REVOLT, and other national and international outlets.
Speaking and Global Engagement
Nea is an international speaker whose engagements bring together storytelling, entrepreneurship, intellectual-property ownership, emerging technology, and the future of media.
She is a two-time keynote speaker at the Cannes Marché du Film’s Pavillon Afriques and addressed Mandela Washington Fellowship leaders for four consecutive years from 2022 through 2025. Her speaking record also includes Cartoon Business in Belgium, the African Cinema Summit in Accra, Georgia Film Day at SCAD, and the 2025 Beta Gamma Sigma Induction Ceremony.
Selected Honors and Milestones
Literary and Cultural Recognition
- ReBorn — New York Times Bestseller
- American Library Association Bestseller
- Barnes & Noble Original Voice of Fiction
- Borders Bookstores’ Celebration of Books Readers’ Choice Award — Best in Fiction
- Books sold in more than 20 countries
- Mignon Samuels Trilogy in continuous print for more than 20 years
- Champions for Change Award — Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence
Leadership and Global Engagement
- CoinDesk Consensus Webathon Judge
- Founder and CEO — Bespoke Media Marketing
- Founder — Melanated Studios
- Founder — NFT ATLANTA CON
- Executive Advisory Board Member — Clark Atlanta University School of Business
- Member — Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society
- Two-Time Keynote Speaker — Cannes Marché du Film / Pavillon Afriques
- Mandela Washington Fellowship Speaker — 2022–2025
Connect with Nea
For representation, adaptation, producing, publishing, speaking, media, and select creative-partnership inquiries, connect with Nea and her team.