Author Showcase – J. D. Mason

J.D. Mason is the author of several bestselling novels including, And On The Eighth Day She Rested, This Fire Down In My Soul, and You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, which has been selected as one of the best books of 2008 by Black Expressions and the RAWSISTAZ Online Book Club, and has been nominated for The Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award in the African American Fiction category. She is the recipient of the Atlanta Choice Award for her novel One Day I Saw A Black King, and her novel Don’t Want No Sugar was also nominated The Romantic Times Magazine award for Best Contemporary Fiction.  Her... 

Tinesha Davis & Debut Novel, Holler at the Moon (Author Showcase)

BOOK SYNOPSIS After witnessing the brutal murder of their mother, the three Jackson sisters are separated, and living hard lives far away from each other. Dominique is a well adjusted twenty-five year old professional, now living a perfect life…or so it seems.  She’s in love with a man who once saved her, but is now threatening to destroy her.  Will she be able to break free from him in time? Donya has clawed her way from living on the streets to being a self-made Bohemian chick whose life is now filled with rainbows and dance.  But then she finds herself stuck in the middle of two disasters.... 

Meet Literary Crime Fighter, John A. Wooden

Meet Literary Crime Fighter, John A. Wooden Interviewed by Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant I had the pleasure of meeting the “crime fighter” in 2006.  Please find  below my recent mini-interview with Mr. Wooden. Also, read the reviews for his two novels on The Author’s Hidewaway and also at Literary Wonders! 1. It seems that your books are about crime. What gave you the inspiration to write this genre? - It’s my active imagination. Way before I put pen to paper I would have these various storylines in my head and once I did decide to become a writer, my imagination went into overdrive... 

Pamela Samuels Young releases Buying Time (Author Showcase)

We are happy to announce the release of Buying Time, Pamela Samuels Young’s 4th legal thriller with a special author spotlight & interview, contributed by EDC Creations. Intimate Conversation with Pamela Samuels Young Pamela Samuels Young is the Essence bestselling author of the legal thrillers: Murder on the Down Low, In Firm Pursuit, Every Reasonable Doubt and the newly released Buying Time. The former journalist and Compton native is the fiction writing expert for BizyMoms.com and is on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. Pamela... 

Lisa Y. Watson & her Debut Novel Watch Your Back (Author Showcase)

Raleigh, North Carolina—Lisa Y.  Watson, author of The Switch from the Essence bestselling anthology, Love is Blind, is back with her debut novel, Watch Your Back. Devon Mitchell’s past is tormenting him and his future is uncertain.  Plagued with the thought that he was responsible for his girlfriend’s death, Devon finds solitude at his uncle’s farm in rural Illinois. When he hears that his beloved grandmother’s art gallery is in financial trouble, he returns to Washington, D.C. He commissions himself as the gallery’s new art director to investigate. Enraged doesn’t... 

Wahida Clark Interview & Book Giveaway

The 9-Year Anniversary Celebration continues with a special book giveaway & audio interview with Wahida Clark, interviewed by Linda Duggins, Director of Multicultural Publicity at Hachette Book Group.  Clark shares information on her writing, life & publishing. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN What do you know about Wahida Clark? • Wahida Clark is a New York Times bestselling author and fast becoming the standard bearer for authors of urban fiction. Her story began in Trenton, New Jersey, and reached its dramatic peak when she wrote a best seller behind the bars of a federal prison in Lexington,... 

Minnie E. Miller (Author Showcase)

Minnie Estelle Miller was born in Chicago, Illinois, though she has lived in many cities over the past thirty years. Since the age of twenty-one, she has been an activist as well as a writer. Curiosity pulled her to London, Paris, Jamaica, and many U.S. cities where she met individuals of all persuasions. Her last full time job was with the Mayor of San Francisco as special assistant to his press secretary. She co-authored The San Francisco Mayor’s Summit for Women: Summit Report 1998. She retired, left San Francisco and landed in Atlanta, Georgia, in the City Council’s Communications... 

W. B. Garvey (Author Showcase)

In His Own Words… Although the discovery that my grandfather, a man I knew little of and had never met, had been a railroad engineer in Panama was the catalyst which led me to write Panama Fever, it was Marcus Garvey’s widow, Amy Jacques Garvey who planted the seeds of interest in the heroic Jamaicans who over multiple decades helped to build and maintain the historic Panama Canal. Panama Fever narrates the adventures of two young Jamaicans who seek glory by joining the French in their valiant but vain attempt to build the canal during the 1880s. The two protagonists, Thomas Judah and... 

I. B. Freeman (Author Showcase)

I.B. Freeman was born in 1978 and raised in the Bronx section of N.Y.  While studying audio engineering at Touro College, he decided to pursue his passion of book writing. He is a self- taught piano musician and a poet.  I.B. managed to complete his first novel Mr. HIV, which has been named one of the top 5 debuts of 2008 by the ARC Book Club. He is currently working on his new novel Can I Live. Mr. H.I.V. – Book Synopsis Darren Wade is the perfect man. He is college educated, has a good job, and has a wonderful relationship with his mother. He is also H.I.V. positive. Darren’s H.I.V.... 

One-On-One with Tanya Marie Lewis (Interview)

Tanya, thanks so much for this interview which will allow our readers to learn more about you.  I’ve known you for what? Almost 10 years?  I’m so proud of you!  It’s wonderful to see your growth and I’m excited to share you with our literary friends.  Let’s start off with an intro.  Who is Tanya Marie Lewis? TML: I’m a child of God who loves people. I love being apart of this great Body of believers, called Christians and having a part in witnessing and ministering the Word of the Lord to the lost. In addition to that, I love my family and friends and the... 

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