Kari Ferrell is a producer, writer, speaker, activist, and creator. Her work is centered around incarceration and the justice system, mental health, transracial / transnational adoption, human rights, and other issues she feels passionately about.
Kari’s memoir, YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE ME: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Other Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist received a rave review from the New York Times (also featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review), a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and was named a Goodreads Readers’ Most Anticipated Book of 2025. She is developing a scripted television program with Warner Brothers and Mindy Kaling’s Kaling International, and an unscripted project with Emmy Award-winning Fifth Season.
Kari’s production company, Without Wax, is dedicated to uplifting and telling other WOC’s stories, across a variety of mediums. Every project that she works on is done with the mission of moving the needle toward a more compassionate society.