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Rebekah Weatherspoon is an American author and romance novelist. Her books often feature heroines who are Black, plus-size, disabled, and/or LGBTQ. She founded the website WOC in Romance. Weatherspoon received a 2017 Lambda Literary Award.

Weatherspoon previously worked at Disney and was asked by an executive to read Twilight due to the buzz around it. She then began to read fan fiction based on the book, as well as romance novels. Weatherspoon wrote her own fanfic in digital fandom communities and received positive feedback. Her debut, Better Off Red, was published in 2011. She published a trilogy called FIT featuring a BDSM story line under Bold Strokes Books in 2014.

Weatherspoon has self-published and released her work through traditional publishers. She is known for featuring Black women protagonists in her books, many of whom are LGBTQ or plus-size. Her books often combine romance and erotica.