Brave Brothers Books is a publishing company with the mission of providing diverse books for all readers. This company was co-founded by Jermaine and Shawnta Barnes and named by their identical twin sons, who are featured on the logo.
We are insured to protect our interests and the interests of our authors. This company is not a vanity publisher. This means authors do not pay us to publish their work.
Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer Shawnta S. Barnes
Shawnta S. Barnes, also known as Educator Barnes, is a K-12 education consultant through her company Blazing Brilliance LLC, an education writer and Editor-in-Chief of Indy Kids Winning, and host of the Brazen Education podcast. She is the recipient of the 2019 Indiana Black Expo Excellence in Education Journalism Award. Shawnta has previously served as a middle school academic dean, an English teacher, an English language learner teacher, a literacy coach, a librarian, and an adjunct college instructor. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening and writes about her gardening journey at https://www.gardenershicole.com/. Her recent publications can be found here.
Co-Founder/Chief Financial Officer Jermaine J. Barnes
Jermaine J. Barnes is a senior Oracle database administrator for the State of Indiana. He enjoys playing basketball, sports with his children, and video games in his spare time. He also enjoys watching action and science fiction movies and anime.
Members/Future Co-Chief Executive Officers Jerry Barnes & James Barnes
Jerry Barnes and James Barnes are identical twins who enjoy playing sports with their dad and gardening with their mom. Their favorite food to eat includes pizza, tacos, and Brussels sprouts.
In his spare time, Jerry likes to write, read scary stories and mysteries, play games on his Chromebook, and attend Indiana Pacer basketball games.
James loves watching cartoons on Netflix and writing and illustrating fiction stories in his spare time.
The following is from an interview with Kara Gonzalez-Howard, the newest author at Brave Brothers Books. We want people to become more informed about our mission and publishing process, so we asked Kara a couple of questions. 1. How did you decide traditional publishing (as opposed to self-publishing) was the right way for you to…
The following is from an interview with Shawnta Shicole Stockton Barnes (or S3B), author of Reflective Haiku: Poems For Growing, Healing, & Restoring the Soul and co-founder of Brave Brothers Books. For anyone who doesn’t know who you are, could you tell us a little bit about yourself? I’m an educator. For most of my…
The following is from an interview with Melodee Barnes, author of Dear Curly Hair and Little Curlies, Big Day. 1. For anyone who doesn’t know who you are, could you tell us a little bit about yourself?My name is Melodee Barnes, and I am a former early childhood educator and family coach with over 25…
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