Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance is the latest book by this award-winning journalist and author. Published by Scribner this June, it is the first major biography of Bundles’ great-grandmother. Bundles, a Forbes Magazine’s 50 Over 50 Impact honoree, also authored On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker, a New York Times Notable Book and bestseller about her great-great-grandmother, an early 20th-century hair care industry entrepreneur and philanthropist. On Her Own Ground inspired Self Made, the fictional four-part 2020 Netflix series starring Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer. Bundles is the founder of the Madam Walker Family Archives, the largest private collection of Walker photographs, memorabilia, and ephemera. Bundles’ essays and articles have appeared in national and international newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, and books. A’Lelia Bundles was interviewed by fellow biographer and BIO member Eric K. Washington.