Renee Swindle is the author of A Pinch Of Ooh La La, Shake Down The Stars, and Please Please Please, an Essence Magazine Bestseller and Literary Guild Selection. Her most recent novel, Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn (Tiny Reparations/Penguin) is a 2025 Spring/Summer Publisher’s Weekly Buzz Book pick, a top 10 notable fiction title by SF GATE, and a top 10 notable fiction title by Bay Area News.

She lives in Oakland, California.