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Joan Vassar

New York native, Joan Vassar is an avid reader and storyteller. Joan graduated from the High School of Graphic Communication Arts in NYC which heightened interest in journalism. She has always…
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Dr. Lynda Mubarak

Dr. Lynda Mubarak is an award-winning author and a retired special education teacher. She was an avid reader in elementary school and her love for books continued during her career in…
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Nicki Night

A born and bred New Yorker, Nicki Night delights in creating hometown heroes and heroines with an edge. As an avid reader and champion for love, Nicki chose to pen…
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Arlene L. Walker

Arlene L. Walker is a graduate of UCLA Extension Writers’ Program and is a winner of the PEN USA CASP award as well as a finalist in the 2011 PEN Emerging…
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Asia Williams

Asia Williams is an English teacher turned assistant principal for NYC. For 15 years she has dedicated her life to building and uplifting children while raising two of her own. Her…
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Bernard L. Dillard

Intimate Conversation with Bernard L. Dillard Bernard L. Dillard is an associate professor at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. He graduated from Morehouse College with a bachelor’s degree…
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Barbara Keaton

Intimate Conversation with Barbara Keaton (Love Like It’s Hot Boxset) A Chicago native, Barbara Keaton loves the city and says she cannot imagine living anywhere else. Educated in Catholic schools up until…
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Ann Clay

Intimate Conversation with Ann Clay An avid reader and lover of positive, strong men, award-winning author, Ann Clay began her writing venture in 1999. She has been duly recognized for…
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Deatri King-Bey

Intimate Conversation with Deatri King-Bey (Love Like It’s Hot Boxset) Deatri’s mother was told that because of Deatri’s dyslexia, she’d never learn how to read. My have times changed. Deatri…
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Michele Nicole Mitchell

Michele Nicole was born in Trinidad, West Indies and raised in Queens Village, NY. She left New York in 2001 to attend North Carolina Central University where she graduated. She…
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Allison G. Daniels

Walk in Your Authority (Unleashing the Divine Power from Within) by Allison Gregory Daniels   In this book, Walk in Your Authority: Unleashing the Divine Power from Within, author Allison…
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Quinteese Michele

Brooklyn Myers loves her best friends, Tessa and Laila. They are indeed, sisters. They’ve each been on a journey of self-discovery since graduating from college. After a year of struggling…
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Janie De Coster

Black Pearls Magazine Intimate Conversation with Janie De Coster   BPM: It is such a pleasure to have you join us to discuss When The Vows Break. Describe yourself in…
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Patricia A. Bridewell

Patricia A. Bridewell’s first novel was published by an independent publisher in 2009. Her published work includes three books, multiple short stories, online and newspaper healthcare columns. Patricia is a…
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J. Brinkley

Jonas Brinkley (J. Brinkley) is currently an independent author. Mr. Brinkley was born in Georgia and raised in Tift county by his mom. He began his writing passion as a…
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Janet Autherine

Janet Autherine is the author of several books, including Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul: Reclaiming Your Heart in order to Live and Love Harmoniously. Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul, is a beautiful…
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Terri D.

Terri D's three children have always been her inspiration to push to get to the next level. Terri D. writes as a way to express herself and to document her…
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Anita Washington

Anita Washington, M.Ed. & M.B.A., CEO & Founder of That Anita Live, LLC, host of the TV show That Anita Live and The Emotional Happiness Podcast with That Anita Live…
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La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson

La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson is a contributor to the award-winning Life Spices From Seasoned Sistahs anthology series and has also published work in Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write To…
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Why I Wrote About Josephine Baker by Sherry Jones

Why I Wrote About Josephine Baker by Sherry Jones My novels tell the lives of extraordinary women in history who overcame formidable obstacles to achieve their highest potential—which, for me,…
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Sherry Jones

Black Pearl Magazine Interview with Sherry Jones Author and journalist Sherry Jones, author of JOSEPHINE BAKER’S LAST DANCE, is perhaps best known for her international bestseller The Jewel of Medina.…
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Edgar L. Vann

I Did It to Myself: True Confessions of an Overachiever by Edgar L. Vann Book offers strategies on cultivating a healthy life-work balance Author Edgar L. Vann releases 'I Did…
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Cheri Paris Edwards

Cheri Paris Edwards is the author of four novels, including Plenty Good Room, which was praised by Booklist and Publisher’s Weekly. Edwards earned a Master’s in Composition and Rhetoric from…
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Annette Leeds

Annette Leeds is a literary journalist. Born Annette Marie Guardino to her mother who is Belgium and father who is Sicilian, she is a native Californian and the youngest of…
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Marian L. Thomas

Award-Winning Author and Speaker, Marian L. Thomas, has penned six contemporary fiction novels to date. Her books have been seen on national television stations such as the Oprah Winfrey Network,…
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