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H. Renay Anderson has an M.A. in organizational management and a B.S. in management/marketing. Her first book was Why Women Wear Shoes They Know Will Eventually Hurt Their Feet. In 2005 she won a national ad contest for ADCandy. She reviews books for Bella Online, EuroReviews and BBW Reviews. Her Web site is: http://clix.to/renay
Marvin V. Arnett is the author of Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt, a childhood memoir of growing up black in Detroit, Michigan, during the 1930s and ‘40s. Winner of the American Library Association Best of the Best for 2004, and AAA-HA Best Nonfiction Award for 2003, Marvin is in demand as a motivational speaker when not involved with the lives of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. You may contact her at mvarnett@hotmail.com
Lindale Banks received her B.A. in English writing from Missouri Western State College. She was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and attends Emmanuel Church. Lindale is single with no children, but adores her three beautiful godchildren. She enjoys long walks, laughing with friends, but most of all praying and writing. She contributes her drive to people who said it couldn’t be done and her best friend, Dr. Zelema Horris.
Lisa Bartley-Lacey graduated c** laude with B.A. in English/theatre and a master’s of holistic counseling from Salve Regina University in 2003. She’s CEO of SOULutions for Dynamic Living, has a holistic consulting practice, is coauthor of 100 Words of Wisdom for Women, and Co-Producer/Artist of: The Pakoli Project.
Connie Bennett is an ACSM certified fitness professional and a twenty-seven-year industry veteran. Her specialty is happiness education through movement. Her hobbies are laughing long and hard, baking chocolate chip cookies and anything iPod. Connie has a joyous African Dance DVD available. Contact her at: yes.connie@yahoo.com
Rita Billbe is a retired high school principal whose passions are singing in the church choir and writing stories to inspire others. She and her husband own a resort called Angels Retreat on the White River in Arkansas, where she is learning to fly-fish. Their Web site is www.whiteriver.net/angels-retreat
Andrea Blackstone attended Morgan State University and earned an M.A. from St. John’s College. She is the author of Schemin’: Confessions of a Gold Digger and Short Changed. Andrea is working on a nonfiction project outside of the urban genre, as well as a new novel. Please e-mail her at: dreamweaverpress@aol.com
DeAnna Blaylock is a retired bank manager with thirty years of people-oriented experience. The years have provided knowledge and understanding of people in crisis. Her passion for writing is apparent in her stories and poems of people facing challenges and how character is formed by life-defining moments.
Karla Brown writes African American children’s, paranormal, romantic and young adult novels. Her short story "The Trophy" will be published in an upcoming anthology titled Color Him Father to be released in June 2006. She lives with her two daughters inÊa suburb of Philadelphia.
Sanyika Calloway Boyce is an author, speaker and columnist for Young Money magazine. Sanyika’s mission is to help as many students as possible understand the importance of managing their money, protecting their credit and handling debt properly. Sanyika now travels to high schools, colleges and universities nationwide with a uniquely “edu-taining” and timely message of financial literacy and credit responsibility. Please contact her at
info[at]financialfitnesscoach.com or visit www.sanyika.com
Brenda Caperton first became interested in putting her life experiences on paper in high school. A requirement for senior English class was completion of a creative writing course. Her love of literature and self-expression through the creative writing process has continued throughout her life.
Tracy Clausell-Alexander is a financial analyst who possesses a love for writing. Her stories have been published in Chicken Soup for the African American Soul, Conscious Women-Conscious Lives, Woman’s World magazine, and Adoptive Families magazine. She is currently working on her first novel. Tracy is the mother of six children, one of whom lives only in her heart. Please contact her at tdclausell@comcast.net
Linda Coleman-Willis is a professional speaker, author of several books and a performance improvement coach. She is the 2002-2003 president of the National Speakers Association-Los Angeles Chapter. Linda enjoys spending “fun” time with her family and friends. The story Just Like Mom is a tribute to her mom, Helen Brown. Please e-mail Linda at Lindaspeak@aol.com
Jerry Craft is a contributor to Chicken Soup for the African American Soul, winner of the African American Literary Awards Show Open Book Award, a National Cartoonists Society Award Nominee (2000) and graduate of the School of Visual Arts. Mamas Boyz: As American As Sweet Potato Pie! was named a Great Book For African American Children. See www.mamasboyz.com
Antonio Crawford is a Christian, a husband, a father, a teacher and an entrepreneur who is proudly serving his country in the United States Navy. He is a gifted and dedicated writer, contributing from the farthest reaches of Southern California, San Diego.
Michelle Cummins wrote articles for Garage Band Magazine in Orange County, California. She’s written, directed, produced and edited music videos. Her production company in Hemet, California, Chez Michelle Production, produced a short film.
Jeanine DeHoney is a freelance writer and a family services coordinator in a Brooklyn daycare center. She has had her essays, articles and stories published in several magazines, such as Black Secrets, Black Romance, Essence, Upscale, Sisters In Style, Emerge, Radiance, Today’s Black Woman, TimbookTu and Bahiyah Woman Magazine. Currently she is writing a novel about a family who lives in a Brooklyn brownstone. She owes her love of writing to her mother, Evelyn Rushing, who always had a notebook and a pen beside her when Jeanine was growing up.
Betty DeRamus is a newspaper columnist and a 1993 Pulitzer Prize finalist. The Detroiter is the author of Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad, true stories about free and enslaved nineteenth-century black couples who went to extraordinary lengths to stay together. Please contact her at bjderamus@aol.com
Phyllis R. Dixon is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. She is the author of Let the Brother Go If and the novel Forty Acres. She currently lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
Adiya Dixon-Sato received her B.A. on East Asian studies from Yale University and worked as a writer and teacher in Tokyo. Returning to New York for law school, she is currently penning a collection of essays on Japan. Please e-mail her at adiya.dixon@gmail.com
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