In addition to her last published book, the poetry anthology, “Between Good Men & No Man at All" (World Stage Press), revered artist-activist, Pam Ward is also the author of two novels, “Want Some, Get Some" (Dafina/Kensington) and “Bad Girls Burn Slow”(Dafina/Kensington).  However, her initial ground-breaking foray with books was when she edited the first anthology of Los Angeles black women poets entitled, "The Supergirls Handbook."

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That said, those books aren't the UCLA graduate's only published work. Throughout her career, Pam has had her poetry, essays and other writings published in numerous publications, including the "Voices from Leimert Park" poetry anthology, Renaissance Noir and the Los Angeles Times.   

 

And having such a prolific gift, it's not a surprise that the L.A. native was honored by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs as a 2025 Trailblazer writer. And her status as one of L.A.'s best (let alone the country's), was confirmed when she was selected to represent the U.S./Los Angeles in the historic first literary Olympics in Paris 2024 aka the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad. It's also not a surprise that she was a L.A. Poet Laureate finalist, and that she had been selected as a California Poet by California State Poet Laureate, Lee Herrick.

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The well-earned accolades continue with Pam being named a California Arts Council Fellow and a Pushcart Poetry Nominee. She’s also been a writer-in-residence and a board member for both the famed Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Foundation and The World Stage, Leimert Park's renowned sacred space of performing arts.​

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Pam's unwavering commitment to arts in the community is not only reflected by her being a founding member of the Leimert Park Book Fair, but she runs her own community press imprint, Short Dress Press. 

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She's actually a multi-hyphenate, in that she's also an esteemed graphic artist. In fact, while operating a design studio and teaching at Art Center College of Design, Pam merged writing and graphics to produce "My Life, LA" documenting Black Angelinos in poster/stories. And her literary showcase, "I Didn't Survive Slavery For This!, a multi-media poetic riff on life post-emancipation, featured a collective of poets of The World Stage.

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Pam recently completed her latest novel, “I’ll Get You My Pretty,” the true account of her aunt's dalliance in the horrific 1947 Black Dahlia murder, an event that happened in Pam's neighborhood of Leimert Park--that remains unsolved or does it?  Pam also recently finished her first YA fictional book, "Stoves Don't Cry".