Gabrielle A. Smith is a British-Grenadian designer, creative producer, and digital culturist in London.

Here is a list of all the books mentioned in the interview and many more:

Books that Inspire(d) your creativity:

Choice of Weapons, Gordon Parks
Back in the Days, Jamel Shabazz
Tina Fey and Issa Rae’s biographies
The War of Art, Steven Pressfield
The Alchemist, Paul Cohelo
The Spirit of Intimacy, Sobonfu Somé


Books that changed your life:

Sisters of the Yam/Salvation, bell hooks
Love after Love, Ingrid Persaud
Redemption, Stanley Tookie Williams
Is Town Say So, Paul Keens Douglas
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack, Paul Gilroy
Back in the Days, Jamel Shabazz
Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much, Anne Wilson Schaef


Books that you would recommend to other multi-passionate creatives:

The War of Art, Steven Pressfield
We Inspire Me, Andrea Pippins
More Than Enough, Elaine Welteroth
Let Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz


Books that you like to read for fun, or books that you’re reading now:

audiobooks:
Love in Colour, Bolu Babalola
Just As I Am, Cicely Tyson