Alessandra Harris Author

Alessandra Harris is a Black Catholic wife, mother, award-winning author and writer, and speaker discussing all things pertaining to faith, culture, issues, books, and news.

Alessandra is the author of three novels published with Red Adept Publishing, including Last Place Seen that won Indie's Today Best Thriller award. Alessandra's first non-fiction book, In the Shadow of Freedom: The Enduring Call for Racial Justice was published with Orbis Books in 2024 and won First Place in the Catholic Media Association's category "Religion in the Public Square." 

Alessandra co-founded Black Catholic Messenger in 2020, and has written for publications such as National Catholic Reporter, America Magazine, US Catholic, The Revealer,  and The Catholic Worker.

In 2025, she earned a Graduate Certificate in Restorative Justice and Chaplaincy from Santa Clara University.