Kayla Perrin is the author of sixteen novels. She has received an Arts Acclaim Award for her writing from the city of Brampton, Ontario, and has twice won a spot on RWA's Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year list. Kayla spends her time between Toronto and Miami, Florida. more

ERICK S. GRAY is the author of Money Power Respect, Ghetto Heaven, Booty Call, and Nasty Girls. He lives in Queens, New York, and is currently at work on his next novel. more

Tracy Brown is the Essence bestselling author of Aftermath, Snapped, Twisted, and Criminal Minded. Writing has always been her passion, and she finds it an honor to depict for her readers the things she’s seen and heard. She is a native New Yorker, born and raised in Staten... more

Maryann Reid, a graduate of Fordham University, has written for Black Enterprise magazine, and her novella, Single Black Female, appeared on USAToday.com.  She is the author of Use Me or Lose Me, Sex and the Single Sister, Marry Your Baby Daddy and Mrs. BIG.  She lives in... more

Jennifer Mieres, M.D., is Associate Professor of medicine and Director of Nuclear Cardiology at NYU School of Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians, and is board certified in cardiovascular diseases and nuclear... more

JOY KING represents a new genre of young, hip and sexy novelists who take readers behind the velvet rope of the glamorous but often shady entertainment industry. Loosely chronicling her life experiences into fiction, she made her debut with Dirty Little Secrets.  more

Kayla Perrin is the author of fifteen novels. She has received an Arts Acclaim Award for her writing from the city of Brampton, Ontario, and has twice won a spot on Romance Writers of America's Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year list. Kayla spends her time between Toronto... more

DONNA HILL has twenty-nine published novels and has been featured in Essence, Daily News, USA Today, Today's Black Woman and Black Enterprise, among many others. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York, where she writes full time. more

DANIEL BLACK is a native of Kansas City, Kansas but spent most of his childhood years in Blackwell, Arkansas. He lives in Atlanta and is at work on his next novel. more

T. N. BAKER is the #1 Essence bestselling author of SHEISTY and STILL SHEISTY. This prolific author was born and raised in Queens, NY and presently lives in Charlotte, NC with her daughter. more

As the creator of The Black Door series, Velvet uses the world as her muse, traveling the globe for inspiration. She is currently working on her next book in the series. more

Shannon Holmes wrote his first novel, B-MORE CAREFUL while in prison. When it was published, B-MORE CAREFUL immediately became a #1 bestseller, making him a major name in a new generation of fiction—hip hop fiction. He then launched Triple Crown Publications, one of the... more

K'WAN is the #1 Essence bestselling author of Welfare Wifeys, Section 8, Gutter, Hood Rat, and others. He wrote his first novel, Gangsta, as a therapeutic release, and it went on to become an Essence bestseller and a part of urban-lit history. In 2008 he received the Black... more

J.D. MASON is the award-winning author of AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY SHE RESTED, ONE DAY I SAW A BLACK KING and DON'T WANT NO SUGAR. She lives in Aurora, Colorado. more

DELILAH DAWSON, also the author of Truth or Dare (available from St. Martin’s Paperbacks), lives in California with her husband and kids. She enjoys reading, summer sunshine, and lazy days on the beach. Please visit her Web site at: DelilahDawson.com for more information on... more

Brenda Jackson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Westmorelands series and, from St. Martin’s Press, Some Like It Hot, Taste of Passion and The Playa's Handbook, among others. She was the first African-American author to... more

MICHELLE VALENTINE, a cum laude graduate of Marymount College, has been in the entertainment industry for many years. A New York City native, she co-authored INSATIABLE with Heather Hunter and currently lives in the Bronx with her family. more

HEATHER HUNTER, one of the porn industry's best known actresses, was the first African-American to gain widespread popularity. The Bronx, New York native was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2003. MICHELLE VALENTINE, a cum laude graduate of Marymount College, has been... more

Mark Anthony is the Essence bestselling author of Harlem Heat, The Take Down, Lady's Night, Paper Chasers, Dogism and Streets of New York.  He lives in New York where he is currently at work on his next novel. more

TRISHA R. THOMAS is the author of Nappily Married, Roadrunner, Would I Lie To You and the top selling Nappily Ever After, which was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Her debut novel was optioned by Halle Berry and Universal Pictures for... more

L. A. BANKS is the author of the Vampire Huntress Legend series and the Crimson Moon Novels. She had a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a master’s in fine arts from Temple University. Banks considered herself a... more

Francis Ray is the New York Times bestselling author of the Grayson novels, the Falcon books, the Taggart Brothers, and Twice the Tempation, among many other romances. Her novel Incognito was made into a movie aired on BET. A native Texan, she is a graduate of Texas Woman's... more

KALISHA BUCKHANON's first novel Upstate won an American Library Association Alex Award and was nominated for the Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award in Debut Fiction.  Terry McMillan selected her to receive the first Terry McMillan Young Author Award in 2006. A recipient... more

Teri Denine lives in Middlesex County New Jersey where she spends time writing novels, screenplays and inspirational works. She is also a script editor. Teri is currently working on her next novel. more