Debut Novel FROM BINDERY BOOKS
FROM OUR BLOOD
After surviving a deadly fire, artist Ari transfers to the obscure Easton College. But a history of missing Black locals surrounds the school. Once the body of a Black student is found on campus, Ari fears she’s next.
Ari will do anything to survive, including seduction. Even if she burns too.
All that glitters isn't gold. It's blood and bone.
COMING TO YOU SPRING 2027
Smith’s “prose is exacting, in a way that cuts to the quick: a blade, sharpened by years of keen observation. It’s no small feat to turn trauma into art.”
— TAYLOR GROTHE, author of Hollow
“This is, truly, an excellent opening...that is beautifully written, daring, complicated, fraught, and very compelling.”
— NATHAN OATES, author of Flaw in the Design
About ShaRDAI
Shardai Smith holds B.A.s in creative writing and political science and an M.A. in creative writing from Seton Hall University. She has a publishing certificate from New York University and is currently working in book publishing at W. W. Norton & Co. Her first novel, From Our Blood, is forthcoming from Bindery Books. She can be found online @shardai_smith/h
CONTACT: shardai.author@gmail.com
