Tembi Locke

Tembi Locke is a New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter, TV producer, podcast host, and speaker known for her powerful storytelling on love, loss, and resilience. She is the co-creator and executive producer of From Scratch, the Netflix hit based on her memoir, which garnered six NAACP Image Award nominations and global acclaim. Tembi's memoir, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, was a Reese's Book Club pick and a finalist for the Audie Awards and Goodreads Best Books. As a writer and producer, Tembi and her sister, Attica Locke, have an overall deal with Universal Television. This partnership includes projects like co-writing and executive producing the adaptation of Attica's Edgar Award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, as well as developing new character-driven stories for film and television.

A nationally recognized speaker, Tembi has delivered keynotes on resilience, loss, and motherhood, including her popular TEDx talk, What Forty Steps Taught Me About Love and Grief. Her podcast, Lifted, highlights the inspiring stories of women who have embraced life's pivots and lifted their lives. With a deep commitment to creativity and advocacy, Tembi's work continues to inspire others to embrace resilience, community, and the transformative power of storytelling. She lives in Los Angeles and Sicily.