Born in Detroit, Michigan, Deidra Michele has always been identified as a dynamic self-starter. At a very young age, the Detroit native knew her life path would lead to areas within the media while she penned fiction stories in her notebook and experienced heightened inspiration as the high school’s official activities announcer.

By 23, Deidra tapped into her entrepreneurial spirit and became the owner of a nail salon; Nails by Michele. Despite her successes, she still had a desire to lend her talents to members within the entertainment industry. For over two decades as a precision manicurist once relocating to sunny California, Deidra embraced the role as an accomplished professional manicurist to the stars.

The move catapulted her career providing the exposure to touch the hands of Hollywood bigwigs such as Will and Jada Smith, and Katie Holmes; supermodels Naomi Campbell and Beverly Johnson, along with performers like Jennifer Lopez, Toni Braxton, Brandy, Kelly Rowland, and the living legend Patti LaBelle to name a selected few. It was in fact within her career as a manicurist, she received the ultimate nudge of encouragement needed to fulfill her dream of being an authoress.

Deidra credits author Tajuana “TJ” Butler who was one of her clients, her late mother Dorothy Dawson, the long list of loyal regular clients, a list of notable celebrities and life’s many circumstances as motivation to further her writing career.