Juliet Coley is an award-winning educator, author and publisher of Black books written by Black children aged 6 to 16 years.

She worked in a secondary school setting for over 20 years, retiring as a Senior Deputy Headteacher and was awarded by Haringey Council for her Outstanding Achievement in Education. Her anti-knife crime campaign Value Life gained the school a ‘Queens Award’ (MBE) and Juliet the role of Chief Trustee for 11 years at The Kiyan Prince Foundation charity.

She is passionate about Legacy and has written 6 books. Two document the lives of Windrush Elders. Keen to address representation in books, Juliet has published over 60 young Black authors in 25 books. She is a Patron of a school in Accra, Ghana, a Director of a Youth Advocacy charity Perm Inc (Permanently Included), who work with schools and parents whose children are at risk of being permanently excluded and is the Chair of Hackney Council’s Improving Outcomes of Black Children and Young People’s Accountability Board. She is an Independent Custody Visitor for the Mayor of London and conducts unannounced visits to Police stations to check on the welfare of detainees in Police Custody.

In 2024, she founded and launched the Children’s Black Book Fair UK and was Managing Editor of Exodus Christian magazine’s 40 th Anniversary Special Edition.