Alice served as a school librarian in the city of Memphis for 30 years. She earned her first job and wrote her first picture book in 1992. However, her serious intention to write professionally began in Knoxville during Library School when she served as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee for professor—Glenn Estes. His legendary passion for picture books, music, and sartorial elegance was infectious. With each picture book, Alice writes in memory of his light.
As a motivational speaker and historian, Alice travels the nation, speaking to children and adults about the American Civil Rights Movement as it happened from 1955 to 1968. Her Juneteenth book, OPAL LEE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FREE is a bestseller, having sold 100,000 copies since January 2022.
Alice Faye has been featured and reviewed in publications like the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Black Enterprise, and Ebony Magazine. While she is retired from teaching and travels for research and writing, Memphis remains her home.