Taiye Selasi

  • Taiye Selasi

  • A few years ago I was lucky enough to be seated next to Taiye at her best friends birthday dinner party. We hit it off straight away talking about boys, Europe, writing, boys, dreams, plans and more boys!!  She was over in NYC visiting from Italy where she was busy writing a screen play with said bestie and working on a novel…. Cut to 2013 and not only is she still beautiful, talented driven and smart she is also now fast becoming a very very VERY VEEEERRYY successful writer!  Last month she started her world tour to promote her first book “Ghana must go” published by Penguin. We caught up in NYC a few weeks ago, where she touched down for literally “5 minutes” before being whisked away again to some press junket in some far off land….

     

    Who is Taiye Selasi?!
    A storyteller, picture-taker, beauty-seeker, frequent flyer, loud-laugher, twin, friend, lover, believer, daughter.

     

    What did you want to be when you grew up?
    A writer.

     

    How did you get to be where you are?
    I think by choosing not to continue doing things that make me unhappy.

     

     


  • If you could go back in time and give your 16 year old self
    some advice what would it be ?
    (1) You are safe. (2) You are loved. (3) No matter how far down the wrong road you’ve gone, turn around.

     

    If the cupboard in your bedroom would lead you to another world
    what would your Narnia look like?
    Sardegna.

     

    By day you are a writer …..by night you are a….
    Dinner party host, maxi dress designer, aspiring director, action movie actor

     

    What was one of your favorite past projects?
    co-writing WHITE GIRL with my bestie, Heather C. Mcghee

     

    What are you working on now and what do you dream of happening in the future?
    Novel number two, screenplays numbers five and six, mastering Italian, learning German. . .dreaming of falling in love.

     

  • What song do you love that you keep secret ’cause it’s too embarrassing to say publicly that you like it!?
    Bulletproof!

     

    Which version of “Apt # 9” do you prefer…George Jones (RIP) or Keith Richards?
    Jones! (rest in power)

     

    Are you a morning person or night person?
    Midnight person.

     

    Any advice for peeps just starting out?
    Triumph and defeat, success and failure, praise and rejection: impostors all. Do what you love. Do the best you can possibly do in this moment. Then trust.

     

    Is there a quote or mantra you live by?
    Everything in moderation, including moderation.

     

    What do you want to be when you grow up?
    A peaceful happy writer