Karyn Parsons Instagram – KARYN PARSONS, Veteran Actress and Author will be a speaker in this week’s Black Girls Film Camp Session on Screenwriting! 🎉 Karyn will join other industry storytellers for our “Writer’s Panel!” WE CAN’T WAIT!!
KARYN PARSONS is best known for her role as “Hilary Banks” on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She is the founder of Sweet Blackberry, an award-winning series of children’s animated films and books that spotlight unsung Black heroes in history. Narrated by talents like Alfre Woodard, Queen Latifah, and Chris Rock, the films have aired on HBO and Netflix and are enjoyed in schools and libraries nationwide.
Karyn has authored the Sweet Blackberry picture books Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight and Saving The Day, which tells the story of Garrett Morgan’s invention of the traffic signal. Her debut novel, How High the Moon, was released in 2019, followed by Clouds Over California in 2023. Her upcoming YA novel, Blue Beach, is scheduled for release in summer 2026 with Little, Brown. | Posted on 07/Mar/2025 00:21:19
