Announced earlier this year, Black Shield Maiden is the ... even before I wanted to do music. I love literature, I just think it’s a really beautiful artform.” Willow Smith performs at The ...

Singer Willow Smith doesn’t just write music, she's a novelist too ... the Los Angeles-based writer Jess Hendel for "Black Shield Maiden," (available now from Del Rey, pp.

On Tuesday, Willow shared a video announcing the book will come out May 7. “Black Shield Maiden” is my love letter to all the powerful and beautiful stories that have been lost in time,“ she ...