​I was born and raised in Chicago. I’m a mother and a caregiver for my disabled sister born with cerebral palsy. I work in the health care professional field. I always enjoy helping people and it has always been a dream of mine to be an author. I published my first book in 2019, Dream,  to tell my story of faith in hopes that I can help someone. My purpose is to be in God’s will for my life. I enjoyed reading books, writing, traveling, and cooking. It is with hopes that I will inspire, encourage or guide others with the words of my book. The Dream series will continue, be on the lookout for the next book in the series. 

About her book, Dream

Born and raised in the notoriously dangerous Englewood, Chicago, DeeDee must fight to overcome all negative forces in her life, and dare to dream of something better. Armed with nothing but hope for a better future, DeeDee braces herself for the literal fight of her life. Will she be a victor, or will she fold?

From Long Beach, California, Shaleea Venney is a 2 time bestselling author and  speaker.  She is also the President and Founder of Venney Girl Inc, a non profit organization for at risk young women. Through Venney Girl Inc, she is making a difference one girl at a time, through summer camps, mentoring programs, conferences, and workshops, which are always completely FREE for all of her girls. Once a teen mom, Shaleea has devoted her work to reaching young women and helping them to rise above their circumstances and blossom. 

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​Her book Little Girl, little Girl, Don't Get Lost in This World. was written for her daughter as a guide to teach her everything life had taught Shaleea the hard way but, once she began to look at the state of our society and how girls are growing up faster than ever before, she knew she had to share the book with the world. The book talks about all of the life's pivotal issues from: teen parenthood, sex, education, setting goals, bullying, love, being a fatherless daughter, promiscuity, peer pressure, self confidence, faith, and much more. Parents can rest assured because while it's honest and truthful, it is not vulgar or explicit. This is a perfect book for young women and women young at heart-there is something for women of all ages to take away from the message. This book is a great conversation starter to open the dialogue for parents to start talking with their girls because our kids are learning and discussing life among their peers anyway,  shouldn't you be apart of these conversations?  

Author Website: www.ShaleeaVenney.com

A New Jersey native, graduate of Ocean Township High School (Ocean, NJ), and alumnus of Wake Forest University is part of Andrew’s background and story.  After his time in corporate (State Farm Insurance), the public sector (Gwinnett County Public Schools, where he taught language arts, social studies, drama/theater arts, and journalism, as well as serving as an advisor for the school’s yearbook, poetry club, journalism club, and intramurals/after-school sports program), he embarks on establishing Creative Community Solutions, LLC (which provides education-based services ranging from tutoring to ACT/SAT prep and workshops, as well as press/media services for businesses, events, and individual entities).
 
As an author, he has written two books, Deeper than your deepest sleep:  thoughts on love with Joseph Snorton, and 9 stories of faith:  volume 1.  “Deeper” is a book designed for lovers of poetry, as it is based on conversation with an extended family member who he does not realize exists until May 2014 when as an invitee to the memorial service for the late Dr. Maya Angelou, his invitation is in the name of Joseph instead of his; after going on a fact-finding mission, he is able to track down his relative, and among the conversations they have, the one on love is beyond engrossing and inviting.  In looking at love via the lenses of family (i.e. parent/guardian, extended family), friends, community service and outreach, people in your life, people who have left your life, and self-reflection, it is a frank insight full of humor, some hurt, hope, and happiness for what lies ahead, all through the lens of poetry.
 
9 stories of faith:  volume 1, goes in a vastly different yet just as engaging direction.  Many can identify with the concept of dealing with some sort of life challenge of the moment, but what of those who can identify living with a daily challenge?  This collection of interviews and testimonies cut across the faith community (in this edition, Christianity, Hindu, and Islam), but across daily life challenges of physical health (i.e. multiple sclerosis), mental health (bipolar disorder), life after incarceration, life after a family member transitions, and others.  Through their faith, consistency with best practices in health and wellness, their support network of family, friends, and loved ones, and their self-image and drive, people show their ability to live lives of meaning, value, and purpose.
 
The Author’s Mixtape:  volume 1 – organic musings from HTooOh, is his first audiobook which draws from the art of the mixtapes found in music (mainly hip-hop and r and b).  The audiobook is totally organic, meaning everything is written and recorded in a two-hour studio session.  The randomly selected masterpiece draws from music, poetry, and spoken word, tackling topics ranging from politics to what gives you peace.  The 7-track audiobook is available for download on nearly 300 platforms, including (but not limited to) Apple Music, Itunes, Amazon, Spotify, Tidal, and other platforms.  His follow up, The Author’s Mixtape:  volume 2 – Beyond the holi-daze.  Beyond history, continues this organic tradition and builds on the noted format and topics (scheduled for a February 2020 release).
 
He has conducted book signings in Metro-Atlanta, Macon (GA), Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Chicago, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Birmingham, Baltimore, Randolph (NJ), Ocean (NJ), and Washington, DC among other cities.  Since his debut in February 2017, he has served as a participating author and/or panelist multiple festivals, including (but not limited to) the East of The River Book Festival (Washington, DC in October 2018), Bluffton Book Festival (Bluffon, SC in November 2018), Atlanta African-American Author Festival (2018), and the Mississippi Book Festival (2017-2019).  Both books are rated top-1000 picks by the 2019 Author Academy Awards (“Deeper” for the memoir category and “9 stories” for the self-help category; for more details, refer to authoracademyawards.com).
 
Andrew is a former writer for Examiner.com (March 2010 through July 2016 when the magazine ended their publication), and has contributed to multiple publications, including the Wake Forest University Magazine, Winston-Salem Chronicle, and other publications.  He is a board member of the LEAD Foundation (Lawrenceville, GA), which provides year-round programming for students in grades 6-12 and through #TheLiteracyProject, supports reading programs in Metro-Atlanta, Chicago, and Winston-Salem.  He has or presently serves on advisory boards at Wake Forest University, including the Greek Alumni Advisory Board (since 2016), Alumni Council (2011-16), Association of Wake Forest University Black Alumni (president from 2011-15), Deacon Club, Alumni-in-Admissions, and School of Divinity (2016-19).  He also serves on the board for Family Food Festival Atlanta and through the Alphas of Atlanta, Inc. (a collective of the 8 graduate chapters that serve the Metro-Atlanta area), he serves as the press/media contact for its #AlphaDerbyWeekend, a Kentucky Derby themed weekend event which provides financial support for 8 area nonprofits (after initially becoming a member through the college chapter, Xi Eta, at Wake Forest University).
 
He is the host of The Conversation Corner with Author Andrew Snorton, a show that airs every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at 7pm on the Status Network/LyveTV channel (viewable via the network’s website, free app, multiple social media platforms [Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Periscope, YouTube, and others], ROKU, and the live for his Facebook page, Author Andrew Snorton, as well as @authorasnorton on Instagram).  His show covers key topics and people in the fields of entertainment, business, community, and other fields, including fellow authors.
 
He presently resides in Metro-Atlanta (GA).
 
Contact info:
Email:  authorasnorton@gmail.com
Facebook:  Author Andrew Snorton
Instagram/Twitter/YouTube:  @authorasnorton
Website:  asnortonccs.wixsite.com/authorpage/

T.L Wynne is a self-published author and entrepreneur who published his first book titled Daddy and Me in spring 2016. In 2019, he released his second book titled Daddy’s Day at the Park. Both books are based on the positive relationship between a father and his young daughter, detailing the anticipation of a vibrant little girl who is excited to spend the day with her dad. 
 
As a writer, T.L Wynne is committed to focusing on eradicating the negative misconceptions that society has on young African American fathers and their relationship with their children. He also believes that all children deserve to be represented in the literature that they read. His stories not only illustrate a father as a positive role model, but they also provide culturally diverse literature for children to read. 
 
Daddy and Me and Daddy’s Day at the Park, are available on both Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com platforms. You can also find out more information about T.L Wynne on his website at www.iammeinitiative.com.


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Daddy and Me and Daddy's Day at the Park written by author T.L Wynne, are based on the positive relationship between a father and his young daughter. Both books detail the anticipation of a vibrant little girl who is excited to spend the day with her Dad. Filled with uniquely crafted rhymes and vivacious illustrations these books will be a wonderful read for ages 1-6. 

Social Media (facebook and instagram): @iammeinitiative

Website: www.iammeinitiative.com 

"Dedication, determination, and hard work will feed life into your dreams" 

LaDonna Marie is an international multi-award-winning bestselling inspirational author, mother of two, writer, poet, and motivational speaker. She is the & Founder of Planting Positive Seeds Nonprofit. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She has been featured on NBC, FOX, and ABC. She published her first poem in an anthology: Whispers with The League of American Poets in 2007. In 2010 she self-published her first book Expressions of the Mind, Body & Soul. She received a Certificate of Congratulations from Congressman Bennie Thompson 2nd district of Mississippi. She was inducted into Who's Who in Black Mississippi in 2012. She featured in the International Sibella Poetry Magazine for the entire year of 2014, and also she is apart of the Anthology: The Gospel According to Poetry. Her book, Until Tomorrow Comes, was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2014 Paris Book Festival and a 2014 DJ Gatsby Book Club Literary Award Winner in Poetry. She was also a Finalist in 2015 Diva Author / Writer for Divas of Colour International Award. She was a 2015 Finalist for National Indie Excellence Awards, received Honorable Mention in New York Book Festival, Red city book awards Finalist and Bronze Medal Readers' Favorite Winner. She also placed in the 2015 and 2016 New England Book Festival Honorable Mention. She is a two-time Indie Author Legacy Award Finalist for Poet of the Year. She was Awarded 2018 Author of the Year Divas of Year. In 2019 she was nominated Faith-Based Speaker of the Year for #SpeakerCon. She was awarded Mississippi Success Honoree in 2019.

Most Recent Book Title
Maximizing Your Inner Strength

Book Synopsis
In the workbook, you will find life skills and tools for teens. The Focus areas are Love Me, Empower Me, Heal Me, Socialize Me, and Evolve Me. The objectives in the workbook will help each individual to develop in these areas in their life. Using the information and reflecting on answers will inspire the mindset shift needed to create awareness around personal development.

Author Website
www.ladonnamarie.org/shop

"Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence."

Y. Deonna is an Urban Christian fiction author, victim advocate and social worker. She is dedicated to using her faith to write relatable, God-focused and scripture centered fiction. It is her desire to use her gift of writing, faith, and advocacy skills as a ministry to heal survivors and educate others.

Most Recent Book Title
Stolen Virtue

Book Synopsis
Virtuous All’s world is contaminated. Turmoil, fear, and abuse rule her life. All she wants is freedom. In fact, her prayer is for God to save her from the life she lives. At seventeen, she has suffered in ways unimaginable to most. The only reason she has survived this long is because of her faith that is now failing. Virtuous’ safe space, her World of All isn’t as safe as it used to be. Just when she feels hopeless a chance encounter will change everything.

Theory Campbell’s world is a whirlwind of pain, betrayal, and heartbreak. After doing a six-year bid in juvenile detention, Theory vows to never lose his freedom again. Once released, Theory dedicates his life to God and family. He wants a clean slate. After being betrayed by his so-called friends and his high school sweetheart, he trusts little, depends only on his family and does not need or want outside relationships. Then he met her. His world turns.

In the first installment of this trilogy, Virtuous All’s crisis will lead her through a myriad of emotions that will test her faith and strength. In finding Theory, she finds her voice and the ability to fight her greatest adversary, the man she c

Author Website
https://authorydeonna.wixsite.com/crownedbythecreator

"Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy." - Nikki Giovanni
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TASH HAWTHORNE has always believed that no writer should be limited to one facet of the scribe. To her literary audiences, she is known for her critically acclaimed contemporary novels, Karma: With a Vengeance, Karma 2: For the Love of Money and Karma 3: Beast of Burden; the former for which she won Black Pearl Magazine’s “Best New Author” award. To her theater audiences, she is known for her stage plays, Mourning Glory, Out of Sight Out of Mind, Remember My Mother, Whore’s Milk and Syncopation.

This Orange, New Jersey native and Hampton University Theatre graduate continuously sets high expectations for herself and strongly believes in conquering the “impossible.” She often laments on a simple, yet valuable, idiom shared by her grandmother, “The race is not given to the swift and the speedy, but to the one who endures to the end” and it is Hawthorne’s belief that it is up to the individual to learn, embrace and carry lessons taught from such a race.

Throughout her career she has had the honor of working alongside legendary artists such as NAACP and AUDELCO award-winning actress, Marie Thomas, Negro Ensemble Company artistic director and alum, the late Charles Weldon and the late Tony-nominated playwright, Leslie Lee.

As a way to pass along her wealth of knowledge and experience, Hawthorne is presently walking the academia path where she is able to cultivate the minds of the next generation of artistic innovators. She currently serves as the Dramatic Arts Director and Advisor at Plainfield High School in New Jersey.

Most Recent Book Title
Karma 3: Beast of Burden

Book Synopsis
Sixteen years have passed since we last visited Karma Alonso-Walker. After Money’s conviction for attempted murder of their son, Karma turned back to her first love of track and field. Newfound fame, fortune and love has given her a fresh outlook on life, but no matter how hard she tries to forget the past, it always finds a way to remind her of her indiscretions. And when Money is released from prison, Karma’s world is turned upside down once again, forcing her to come face to face with the beast that has burdened her for more than half a decade.

​Author Website
Instagram: OfficialTashHawthorne

"Put God first and eveyrthing else will fall into place"

Denise J Bryson was born in Detroit Mi, where she currently resides. She started writing in the fourth grade and took her writing career seriously after dreaming her first novel, which she completed twenty years later. Denise currently works for a major airline. When she's not flying or writing she can be found at a game or in front of her television rooting for her favorite hockey team, The Detroit Redwings.

Most Recent Book Title
In The Footsteps of a Killer

Book Synopsis
In The Footsteps of a Killer is an urban paranormal murder chiller. In Detroit Mi Leah Moore is a freelance crime scene photographer for the Detroit Police dept. At four years old she receives an electrical shock that leave her in a coma. At the same time a serial killer is electrocuted and through this electrical moment the two are connected. Albert Cain Macarthur is dead but has continued to kill from the grave. Through their mental connection Leah is the only one who knows who he is. She follows him through his killings to try to find a way to stop him. He eventually takes over her body and it is only through another electrical shock from a lightening strike administered from the cross of Jesus that Albert is sent back to hell.


Author Website
http://oneblackrose.webstarts.com
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