Deondriea Cantrice, author
Since 2008, Deondriea Cantrice has written fiction and nonfiction in a voice that is direct, relatable, and transparent. Readers come for the story. They stay for the moment something clicks, and they notice they'll never see their situation the same way again.
Most books are written to impress you. Hers are written to reach you. As you read, you may find yourself underlining, then pausing, then reading the same line twice. That's the point.
She says what others won't.
She says the thing everyone is thinking and nobody is writing, so you can stop wondering whether you're the only one.
You'll see yourself on the page.
The meeting, the review, the silence after you finally spoke up. She writes from inside the moments you thought nobody else saw.
Her story comes first, unfiltered.
Teen mom. File clerk. Overlooked and underpaid. She puts her own story on the page, so you can stop hiding yours.
The ah-ha moment
You know the feeling. A sentence lands, your breath catches, and something you've accepted for years suddenly looks different. Her readers call it the ah-ha. These are the kinds of realizations her books are written to spark.
Wait.
I've been waiting for permission nobody is coming to give.
Available in print, ebook, and audiobook
How to win without losing yourself
This book is for the person whose value is constantly relied on but rarely rewarded. You're trusted with the work. Called when there's a problem. Counted on to carry more. And somehow, when the promotion, the raise, or the seat at the table is decided, your contribution becomes easy to overlook.
If you read those and felt your jaw tighten, you already know why you need this book. Imagine walking into your next review, your next negotiation, or your next quiet decision to settle, already knowing exactly what you're worth and how to ask for it.
Not sure this book is about you?
The Overlooked Quiz shows you where your value is being used but not rewarded, and what to do about it before your next review.
Take the Overlooked QuizFamiliar isn't the same as true. Ask who told you that.
Coming early 2027
The lies you call truth and how to interrogate what you believe
Some of the beliefs running your life were never chosen. You picked them up so early, and heard them so often, that they started to sound like facts. About what you deserve. About how far you can go. About who you're allowed to be.
Her most provocative book yet shows you how to question those beliefs, examine them honestly, and decide whether they have earned the authority you've been giving them. Not positive thinking. Not another set of rules. A way to choose what you believe.
The Qlique is Deondriea's community of independent thinkers who question everything and belong to something. Members get release-day news, early excerpts, and first access to everything that comes with the book, plus a provocative question in their inbox every week.
Don't want to wait until 2027? Take the free Belief Audit and question your first belief today.
Write down one thing you believe about yourself that you have never once questioned.
Now ask: who told you that?
Fiction and nonfiction. Confidence and career. Stories and strategy. Spin the shelf, pick the book that's calling your name, and find the rest of her catalog at Books by Deondriea.
Drag to spin. It keeps turning on its own.
Print, audiobook, and ebook
Unlock your confidence to access the life you desire
Name the confidence killers holding you back, rebuild with practical confidence redeemers, and reframe the inner dialogue that keeps you second-guessing yourself.
Ebook
21 tips to kickstart your confidence
Twenty-one short, practical lessons to silence self-doubt, speak with authority, and set boundaries that protect your peace. Confidence isn't something you find. It's something you decide.
However you take in a story, her books meet you there. So there's no reason to wait for the "right time" to start.
For the margins you'll fill, the pages you'll fold, and the copy you'll hand to a friend who needs it.
For the commute, the waiting room, and the ten minutes between meetings when you need a reminder of who you are.
For the long drive where you finally have time to think, and the walk where a sentence stops you in your tracks.
About the author
Deondriea Cantrice was a teen mom who refused the statistics, a first-generation professional who was often the only Black woman in the room, and a file clerk who rose to lead global IT programs. She wrote to capture what she was thinking and feeling along the way. Then people read her words and saw themselves on the page.
That is how an author was born. Since publishing her first book in 2008, she has written fiction and nonfiction, each book honest enough to sting and hopeful enough to move you.
For book clubs, leadership teams, and organizations, ask about bulk orders, or pair a book with a keynote so the ah-ha moments keep going after the last page.
Deondriea Cantrice has written both fiction and nonfiction since publishing her first book in 2008. Her titles include Overqualified, Overworked, Overlooked; Access Granted; and The Confidence Catalyst, with Who Told You That? coming in early 2027. Her full catalog is at booksbydeondriea.com.
Her writing is direct, relatable, and transparent. She shares her own story openly, names what readers are often afraid to say out loud, and writes for the ah-ha moments that change how readers see their situation.
Yes. Her books are available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats. You can find every title and format at booksbydeondriea.com.
Overqualified, Overworked, Overlooked: How to Win Without Losing Yourself is for professionals whose value is relied on but rarely rewarded, including people who have trained the colleague who got the promotion or carried responsibility without the title or pay. Readers can take the free Overlooked Quiz at www.deondriea.com/overqualified-quiz to see how the book applies to them.
Who Told You That? The Lies You Call Truth and How to Interrogate What You Believe is coming in early 2027. You can join The Qlique on this page for release news and early excerpts.
Yes. Email win@deondriea.com to ask about bulk orders for book clubs, leadership teams, and organizations, or pair a book with a keynote by booking Deondriea at deondriea.com/book-deondriea.
