Yolande Brener

Yolande Brener has worked as an actress, filmmaker, singer in an all-girl band and disciple of an alleged Messiah. Her memoir, Holy Candy, won first place in the Writer's Digest self-published life stories competition in 2014. She won New York City Parks Department's Poems in the Park competition in 2010. Her work has been published in New York Press, Fiction Magazine, Promethean, Anthem Journal, Harlem World, and others. She is currently working on a graphic novel.