Tracey Michae’l is a writer and educator based out of the metro Philly/Jersey Shore area and working everywhere.

Tracey Michae’l is represented by Cait Hoyt at Creative Artists Agency.

For collaboration or ghostwriting needs, please contact Madeleine Morel of 2M Communications.

As a writer and thought-leader, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts offers those who read her work and hear her speak an authentic experience; an opportunity to explore the intersection of culture, identity, and spirituality at the deepest levels. She is the founder of HeARTspace, a healing community created to serve those who have experienced trauma of any kind through storytelling and the arts.

Tracey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Kentucky, a Master of Business Administration, Marketing degree from Montclair State University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Fairleigh-Dickinson University. She also holds certifications in editing from Temple University and theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. She is a former tenured Assistant Professor of English and Black Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia.

As a writer, Tracey has published 30 books including several collaborations with numerous high-profile authors like Tabitha Brown, Tareasa “Reesa Teesa” Johnson, and LeVar Burton. Naming herself a “literary midwife,” Tracey is a highly sought-after ghostwriter/collaborator whose work includes three New York Times bestselling books.

In 2021, Tracey became one of 20 writers who contributed to the groundbreaking book, You are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience edited by acclaimed researcher, Brene Brown, and founder of the MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke.

In 2022, Tracey’s own critically acclaimed book, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration (Gallery/Simon and Schuster) was published, and the book won the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional, receiving rave reviews from celebrities like Kerry Washington, authors like Kiese Laymon and Deesha Philyaw, and media outlets like Good Morning America, Essence Magazine, and USA Today.

Also published in 2022, Tracey’s book Then They Came for Mine: Healing from the Trauma of Racial Violence (WJK), reveals the impact of grief and rage felt after the murder of her cousin in the 2018 racially motivated mass shooting at a grocery in Louisville, KY. The book examines the source and impact of racial violence against Black people in all its forms and offers a blueprint for the way the church can push back against the white supremacist narratives permeating it institutionally and help facilitate healing. Then They Came for Mine won the 2023 Wilbur Award, the highest honor given by the Religion Communicators Council for excellence in the communication of religious issues, values, and themes, in public secular media.

Her dynamic journal/daily devotional, The Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days to Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight was released in 2024 and was nominated for a 2025 NAACP Image Award.  

Working across genres, Tracey, in 2025, re-released her originally self-published Gospel of Grace Women fiction trilogy as audiobooks in partnership with Dreamscape Audio. In The Gospel According to Sasha Renee, Interruption: The Gospel According to Crystal Justine, and The Next Thing is Joy: The Gospel According to Vivian Grace readers are invited to explore three generations of women and their three-generation journey from trauma and pain to victory and joy.

Tracey has spoken on a number of platforms around the country —companies like Apple, Lincoln Financial, Weaver, and Boston Medical Center and colleges like Cheyney University, Minnesota State University, University of Pennsylvania, and Swarthmore College—on topics related to social justice, education, writing/publishing, faith/spirituality, and wellness. Additionally, Tracey's freelance work has been published in print and online publications such as Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Essence Magazine, The Guardian, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Ebony Magazine, TheRoot.com, and more.