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  Date / Time: 1/15/2009 4:54 AM UTC

  About Essence best-selling author Stacy Hawkins Adams, Chocolate Pages Network Member
  

  

  Personal Bio
  I'm a lifelong writer who pens novels with characters that are like me and people I know - trying to live fully and faithfully, and trusting God to lead the way. Though we often fall short, grace is ever present. You'll likely recognize yourself, your relatives or your friends in my characters, and by book's end, I hope you will have laughed, cried and found yourself reflecting on how the twists and turns in their fictional world relate to your own.

  She is a member of The Chocolate Pages Network! Network with her there!
  

  
  

  Professional Bio
  Stacy Hawkins Adams is a nationally-published, award-winning author and speaker. Her contemporary women’s fiction novels are filled with social themes and spiritual quests that take readers on journeys into their own souls.

  She holds a degree in journalism and served as a newspaper reporter for more than a decade before turning her full attention to penning books, speaking professionally and writing freelance articles.

  Her longest stint was at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia, where she extensively covered social issues and wrote a weekly faith-based column. Themes from her journalistic work often find their way into her fiction, through characters who grapple with domestic violence, infertility, spirituality, low self-esteem and other true-to-life issues. Her novels have been featured reading selections in high school and college courses, including at James Madison University.

  Stacy’s freelance articles have appeared in Heart & Soul and Gospel Today magazines, AARP’s Bulletin, USA Today and on Crosswalk.com. She currently writes a semimonthly parenting column for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and has penned an online parenting column for Smart Beginnings, an early childhood inititiative sponsored by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine.

  She has served as an occasional broadcast reporter and has been a featured guest on national TV. She speaks regularly to corporate, collegiate, civic, faith-based and women’s groups and at writing conferences across the nation.

  She is a member of the Virginia chapter of the National Speakers Association and the Advanced Writers & Speakers Association. She is the founding president of the Richmond affiliate of the American Christian Fiction Writers.

  Stacy also serves as a nonprofit marketing consultant, which gives her the opportunity to use her marketing savvy and deep knowledge of the nonprofit arena to support youth-oriented charities such as Prevent Child Abuse Virginia and Reach Out and Read Virginia.

  She is currently writing her sixth novel and her first nonfiction book, an inspirational title that will encourage women in their faith.

  About "Someday List"

  Editorial Reviews

  Product Description
  Rachelle Covington has it all. A fabulous home, a handsome and prestigious husband, two beautiful children, and a place in the upper crust that's quite comfortable. But her life is not all it's cracked up to be. When her husband goes away on business trip and the kids are sent off to the grandparents for a month, Rachelle takes up the challenge of a dying friend to start a list of things to do before she dies. She heads back to Jubilant, Texas, to reconnect with her past, her purpose, and herself.
  
  But when her ex shows up in town looking very fine and very single, Rachelle must confront feelings she thought she'd long buried. Will she give up everything to recover the past? Or will she find a reason to plan for the future? The Someday List is an honest look at what makes us who we are and what can throw us off track. Author Stacy Hawkins Adams writes with a voice that is fresh, sincere, and completely real. Her characters jump off the page and into her readers' hearts.
  
  From the Back Cover
  What do you do when you realize you're not who you want to be? Rachelle Covington has it all. A fabulous home, a handsome and successful husband, two beautiful children, and a place in the upper crust that's quite comfortable. But life is not all it's cracked up to be, and Rachelle finds herself yearning for more. When her husband goes away on a business trip and the kids are sent off to the grandparents for a month, Rachelle heads back to Jubilant, Texas, to visit family and reconnect with her past, her purpose, and herself. But when a blast from the past shows up, Rachelle must confront feelings she thought she'd long buried. Will she give up everything to recover what could have been? Or will she find a reason to plan for the future?
  
   Fresh, sincere, and full of hope, The Someday List is an honest look at what makes us who we are.
  
  Stacy Hawkins Adams is an Essence bestselling author whose books illuminate the themes of faith, forgiveness, and women's friendships. She is the author of Speak to My Heart, Nothing but the Right Thing, and Watercolored Pearls. Adams is also a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker, and devotes considerable time to child advocacy issues. She and her family live in Virginia. Stacy welcomes readers to visit her at www.stacyhawkinsadams.com.
  
  Network with Stacy at  www.ChocolatePagesNetwork.com
  Publisher is Revell/Baker Books.

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