Hari Ziyad

A bald, non-binary Black person looks into the camera with a slight smile. They have a mustache, and are wearing a long-sleeve, flowy, pale yellow shirt and large hoop earrings.

Hari Ziyad (he/they) is a certified death doula, the bestselling author of Black Boy Out of Time, and the creator and former Editor-in-Chief of RaceBaitr.

Their writing is informed by their identity as a Black queer born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Hindu and Muslim parents, and has been featured in Vanity Fair, The Guardian, and HuffPo, among other publications.

They wrote for the podcast Black History, For Real (Wondery). They were previously a staff writer on The Neighborhood (CBS) and a script consultant on David Makes Man (Own).

Hari has placed in competitions including Screencraft, Filmmatic, and the Sundance Development Lab.

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