Kimberly McIntosh is a writer and researcher. She has written for a range of publications including the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Independent and the Metro. Between 2016 and 2020, she was the dating columnist at gal-dem, an award winning online magazine committed to sharing perspectives of people of colour. Kimberly has discussed her research on BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live, BBC News and Sky News. She is a trustee at Wasafiri magazine, a quarterly British literary magazine covering international contemporary writing. black girl, no magic is her first book.

Listen to Kimberly on BBC Radio 4’s Across the Red Line with Anne McElvoy debating whether US approaches to combating racism are useful in Britain.