Meet the Smoochie Team
Smooch Pit is a new mentorship program designed to bring together mentors and mentees from various backgrounds. Our diverse team is committed to creating a diverse romance-loving community through mentorship.
Founder
Christine is a Nigerian-American aspiring author with a passion for storytelling and a dedication to uplifting fellow authors. Born and raised in a rich cultural background, Christine draws inspiration from her Nigerian heritage and the diverse experiences that have shaped her perspective. Through her writing, she explores themes of sisterhood, love, and family dynamics with depth and authenticity.
Her work in progress, LOVE, WITCHES, & WAHALA, is currently in the revision stage with her agent, Lane Clarke of Ultra Literary.
When she's not writing, she's sharing her love for BIPOC romance or spending time with family.
Co Founder
Busayo Matuluko is a Black, British Nigerian nursing undergraduate, YA writer, and extremely opinionated BookToker.
As someone who grew up reading many books without the representation she desired, she started writing to fulfil that. She will always find a way to wriggle in two black people falling in love in her work.
Somehow during that process she managed to trick Gyamfia Osei at The Good Literary Agency into signing her on as a client.
When she's not writing you can find her on Twitter at 3am tweeting her most random thoughts, or binge watching TV shows she's already watched about a thousand times
Mentorship Coordinator
Amy Buchanan is a contemporary romance author who, after decades of devouring love stories written by others, finally decided to share the ones pinging around in her brain. She writes fun and spicy romances with relatable heroines, swoonworthy heroes, and loving found families. She was a member of the SmoochPit Class of 2022 and is now represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Her debut, LET'S CALL A TRUCE, will be published in 2025 by St Martin's Griffin.
She lives in Central Florida with her three littles, two pups, and one husband. On top of writing, she uses her Masters in Higher Education Administration to run a scholarship foundation for first-generation college students. When not working, she trolls travel sites for luxury rentals outside of her travel budget and–poorly–trains for half-marathons.