‘Keep Going’ – Author Kellye Garret Discusses Her Novel ‘Like A Sister’
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Award-winning author Kellye Garrett grew up with a passion for fiction.
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Meet Children’s Author and People Builder Derrick Jakolby Washington
November 24, 2022
Children’s Author Derrick Jakolby Washington, is encouraging young Black boys and Black girls to embrace themselves with his innovative and insightful books. Driven by his extensive work in Human and Social Services, Washington considers himself to be a “people builder,” aiming to empower others with the skills needed to improve their quality of life and be successful.
Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59
January 6, 2021
Eric Jerome Dickey, the bestselling novelist who blended crime, romance and eroticism in “Sister, Sister,” “Waking With Enemies” and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life, has died at age 59.
Black Fact of the Day: June 7, 2019 – Brought to you by Black365
June 7, 2019
On this day June 7, 1917, the first African-American author to receive a Pulitzer Prize, Gwendolyn Brooks, was born in Topeka, KS. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US