Christine Platt is an award-winning author and advocate for storytelling as a tool for social change. Her expansive body work centers personal and collective liberation with an emphasis on the African diasporic experience—past, present, and future. Christine’s bestselling and award-winning literary titles include The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less, Less Is Liberation: Finding Freedom From a Life of Overwhelm, Rebecca, Not Becky, The Truth About Awiti, and the beloved children series, Frankie and Friends. Her highly anticipated forthcoming novel, Keepers of Random Things, will be published by HarperCollins/Amistad Books in Fall 2027.

A well-established motivational speaker and personal transformation trailblazer, Christine’s writing and cultural commentary have been featured in Real Simple, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar UK, The New York Times, The LA Times, Architectural Digest, ESSENCE, Ebony, and other prominent periodicals as well as on numerous radio shows and podcasts. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, an M.A. in African and African American Studies from The Ohio State University, and a J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. Christine currently serves as an Ambassador for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.