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Nea Simone: Official Biography, Media & Facts
Nea Simone, also published as Nea Anna Simone and Nea A. Simone, is a New York Times bestselling author, producer, media strategist, and Founder and CEO of Bespoke Media Marketing. Nea Simone, Nea Anna Simone, and Nea A. Simone are professional and publishing names used by the same person.
Her work sits at the intersection of story, audience, capital, culture, and ownership. Across publishing, film, television, children’s media, and emerging platforms, she develops original intellectual property and helps creators and rights-holders build clearer pathways from creative vision to audience and market opportunity.
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At a Glance
| Fact | Official information |
|---|---|
| Primary professional name | Nea Simone |
| Published and credited as | Nea Anna Simone; Nea A. Simone |
| Primary roles | Author, producer, media strategist, entrepreneur and speaker |
| Company | Founder and CEO, Bespoke Media Marketing |
| Known for | New York Times bestselling fiction; Barnes & Noble Original Voice of Fiction recognition; Borders Readers’ Choice—Best in Fiction; original IP development; audience and market strategy; film finance and creator-ownership thought leadership; Web3/Film3 media infrastructure |
| Creative fields | Publishing, film, television, psychological horror, children’s media and emerging platforms |
| Selected books | Reaching Back, ReBorn, The Substance of Things, Finding Y.E.S., NOW PLAYING: From Script to Screen — Web3 Film Funding Playbook, Vol. 1, and SAP and the Kindness Ring |
| Selected original IP | The Salt Line, FOR RENT, The Adventures of SAP, and The Mignon Samuels Trilogy |
| Official websites | NeaSimone.com and BespokeMediaMarketing.com |
| Media and speaking contact | inquiries@neasimone.com |
Official Biography
Nea Simone is a New York Times bestselling author, producer, media strategist, and entrepreneur whose career spans more than two decades of storytelling, audience development, entertainment strategy, and intellectual-property creation. Also published as Nea Anna Simone and Nea A. Simone, she has written across literary fiction, personal growth, film-industry nonfiction, and children’s literature. Her books have reached readers in more than 20 countries.
Her Mignon Samuels Trilogy—Reaching Back, ReBorn, and The Substance of Things—explores identity, inheritance, survival, faith, family, and the choices that transform generations. ReBorn became a New York Times bestseller and was nominated for a Hurston/Wright Award. Her fiction has also received Barnes & Noble Original Voice of Fiction recognition, Borders Readers’ Choice—Best in Fiction, and inclusion on an American Library Association literary fiction list. The trilogy has remained in print for more than two decades. Her wider body of work includes Finding Y.E.S. Your Essential Self; NOW PLAYING: From Script to Screen — Web3 Film Funding Playbook, Vol. 1; and the children’s title SAP and the Kindness Ring.
As a creator and producer, Nea develops culturally resonant intellectual property designed to move across formats. Her current slate includes The Salt Line, a Southern Gothic psychological thriller in development as a novel and television series; FOR RENT, a psychological-horror feature and digital proof-of-audience property; and The Adventures of SAP, a children’s publishing and animated-content world grounded in self-discovery, science, nature, and the “Super Awesome Powers” children find within themselves.
Nea is the Founder and CEO of Bespoke Media Marketing, an entertainment strategy and market representation firm working across film, television, documentary, animation, publishing, and IP-driven projects. BMM helps filmmakers, producers, authors, rights-holders, and IP owners identify audiences, clarify positioning, strengthen market readiness, align partners, and build pathways from visibility to commercial traction. Its operating principle is simple: We Find Your Tribe.
Her work in film finance and creator ownership examines how stories are funded, positioned, protected, and structured for long-term value. She brings an audience-first and ownership-forward perspective to conversations about capital readiness, global markets, emerging financing infrastructure, and the commercial life of intellectual property.
Nea’s exploration of ownership also led her into blockchain and emerging media. She founded Melanated Studios, the Melanated NFT Gallery, and NFT ATLANTA CON. Her work helped bring culturally significant intellectual property and underrepresented creators into early Web3 conversations, including NFT initiatives involving Miles Davis and DMX. This work received national and international coverage, including in Variety, and has informed her continuing focus on Web3/Film3 infrastructure, digital rights, audience participation, and creator economics.
An international speaker and moderator, Nea has delivered two keynote presentations at the Cannes Marché du Film’s Pavillon Afriques and has appeared at Cartoon Business in Belgium, the African Cinema Summit in Accra, Georgia Film Day at SCAD, and Clark Atlanta University. She addressed Mandela Washington Fellowship leaders for four consecutive years from 2022 through 2025 and has spoken with creators, executives, investors, students, and global industry leaders about storytelling, ownership, film finance, multicultural audience strategy, and the future of media.
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Nea Simone, also published as Nea Anna Simone and Nea A. Simone, is a New York Times bestselling author, producer, media strategist, and Founder and CEO of Bespoke Media Marketing. Her work spans original IP, film finance, audience strategy, creator ownership, publishing, and Web3/Film3 media infrastructure.
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Nea Simone, also published as Nea Anna Simone and Nea A. Simone, is a New York Times bestselling author, producer, media strategist, and Founder and CEO of Bespoke Media Marketing. Her books have reached readers in more than 20 countries, and her creative slate spans literary fiction, psychological horror, children’s media, film, television, and emerging platforms. Through BMM, she works at the intersection of audience, positioning, market readiness, capital, and ownership. An international speaker and Web3/Film3 pioneer, Nea brings a creator-centered perspective to film finance, intellectual-property growth, multicultural audience strategy, and the future of media.
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Nea Simone, also published as Nea Anna Simone and Nea A. Simone, is a New York Times bestselling author, producer, media strategist, and Founder and CEO of Bespoke Media Marketing. Her books have reached readers in more than 20 countries, and her body of work spans literary fiction, personal growth, film-industry nonfiction, psychological horror, children’s media, film, television, and emerging platforms.
Her Mignon Samuels Trilogy includes Reaching Back, the New York Times bestseller ReBorn, and The Substance of Things. Her current creator slate also includes The Salt Line, FOR RENT, and The Adventures of SAP.
Through Bespoke Media Marketing, Nea helps filmmakers, producers, authors, rights-holders, and IP owners clarify audience, positioning, market readiness, partner alignment, and pathways from visibility to commercial traction. Her work in film finance, Web3/Film3, and creator ownership explores how stories are funded, protected, positioned, and built into enduring intellectual property. She is a two-time Cannes Marché du Film/Pavillon Afriques keynote speaker and has addressed audiences across entertainment, business, technology, academia, and global cultural markets.
Areas of Expertise
- Film finance, capital readiness, and emerging financing infrastructure
- Audience identification, development, and engagement
- Entertainment market positioning and global market readiness
- Creator ownership, rights awareness, and intellectual-property strategy
- Multicultural audience strategy and cultural positioning
- Book-to-screen and cross-format IP development
- Web3/Film3, blockchain-enabled media models, and digital assets
- Publishing, film, television, and children’s media
- Strategic partnerships, market representation, and industry convenings
Selected Literary & Media Recognition
- New York Times bestseller, ReBorn
- Hurston/Wright Award nominee, ReBorn
- Barnes & Noble Original Voice of Fiction recognition
- Borders Readers’ Choice—Best in Fiction
- Selected for an American Library Association literary fiction list
- Featured in NBC’s Good People segment
Selected Books and Intellectual Property
The Mignon Samuels Trilogy
Reaching Back, ReBorn, and The Substance of Things form a multigenerational literary saga about identity, inheritance, survival, family, faith, and transformation. ReBorn became a New York Times bestseller, and the trilogy has remained in print for more than two decades.
NOW PLAYING: From Script to Screen
Web3 Film Funding Playbook, Vol. 1 examines emerging approaches to film financing, creator ownership, audience participation, and the infrastructure shaping independent media.
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The Adventures of SAP
An expanding children’s publishing and animated-content world in which “Super Awesome Powers” are the character strengths children discover within themselves. The first title, SAP and the Kindness Ring, centers on patience and blends self-discovery with science, nature, friendship, and wonder.
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Film and Television Development
Nea’s creator slate includes The Salt Line, a Southern Gothic psychological thriller in development as a novel and premium television series, and FOR RENT, a psychological-horror property in development as a feature film and digital proof-of-audience series.
Selected Speaking and Media Highlights
- Two-time keynote speaker, Cannes Marché du Film / Pavillon Afriques
- Featured speaker, Cartoon Business, Belgium
- Featured speaker, African Cinema Summit, Accra, Ghana
- Speaker, Georgia Film Day at SCAD
- Mandela Washington Fellowship speaker, 2022–2025
- Keynote speaker, Beta Gamma Sigma Induction Ceremony at Clark Atlanta University School of Business
- Executive Advisory Board member, Clark Atlanta University School of Business
- Founder, NFT ATLANTA CON
- CoinDesk Consensus Webathon judge
- Interview guest, The Charlie Shrem Show / Untold Stories
- Interview guest, Office Hours with David Meltzer
- Featured in NBC’s Good People segment
- Web3 and entertainment coverage in Variety and other national and international media
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nea Simone is a New York Times bestselling author, producer, media strategist, speaker, and Founder and CEO of Bespoke Media Marketing. Her work spans original intellectual property, audience and market strategy, film finance, creator ownership, publishing, and Web3/Film3 media infrastructure.
She is known for the New York Times bestselling novel ReBorn, the Mignon Samuels Trilogy, her work in entertainment audience and market strategy, original IP development, film-finance and creator-ownership thought leadership, and pioneering work connecting Web3 infrastructure with media and culture.
Bespoke Media Marketing is an entertainment strategy and market representation firm founded and led by Nea Simone. BMM works with filmmakers, producers, authors, rights-holders, and IP owners on audience strategy, cultural positioning, market readiness, release planning, partner alignment, capital readiness, and ownership-forward media strategy.
Her speaking topics include film finance, Web3/Film3 and entertainment infrastructure, creator ownership, intellectual-property strategy, multicultural audience development, market positioning, book-to-screen development, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and the future of media.
Yes. Nea Simone is her primary professional name. She has also published and received professional credits as Nea Anna Simone and Nea A. Simone. All three names refer to the same author, producer, and media entrepreneur.
Nea Simone has received Barnes & Noble Original Voice of Fiction recognition and Borders Readers’ Choice—Best in Fiction, and her work was selected for an American Library Association literary fiction list. Her New York Times bestselling novel ReBorn was also nominated for a Hurston/Wright Award. She was featured in NBC’s Good People segment.
Her published works include Reaching Back, ReBorn, The Substance of Things, Finding Y.E.S. Your Essential Self, NOW PLAYING: From Script to Screen — Web3 Film Funding Playbook, Vol. 1, and SAP and the Kindness Ring.
For interviews, speaking engagements, publishing, producing, rights, and professional inquiries, contact inquiries@neasimone.com.
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.
Official Profiles and Authoritative Links
- Official website
- Bespoke Media Marketing
- IMDb
- Amazon Author Page
- Goodreads Author Page
- Facebook Author Page
- Variety coverage: Melanated NFT Gallery, Miles Davis and DMX
- The Charlie Shrem Show / Untold Stories interview
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.