New York Times Bestselling Author, Kimberla Lawson Roby, has published twelve novels which include, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING, ONE IN A MILLION, SIN NO MORE, LOVE & LIES, CHANGING FACES , THE BEST-KEPT SECRET , TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, A TASTE OF REALITY, IT’S A THIN LINE, CASTING THE FIRST STONE, HERE AND NOW , and her debut title, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS , which was originally self-published through her own company, Lenox Press. Her novels have frequented numerous bestseller lists, including The New York Times and those in The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Essence Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Emerge Magazine, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, The Dallas Morning News, and The Austin Chronicle to name a few and both BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and CASTING THE FIRST STONE were #1 Blackboard bestsellers for four consecutive months in both 1997 and 2000. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS was the #1 Blackboard Best-selling book for paperback fiction in 1997.

In addition, Ms. Roby’s first novel was nominated for Blackboard’s 1998 and 1999 Fiction Book of the Year Award, and she received the Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2001 for CASTING THE FIRST STONE. She is also the 2006 and 2007 recipient of the Author of the Year – Female award presented by the African-American Literary Award Show in New York , the recipient of the 1998 First-Time Author Award from Chicago’s Black History Month Book Fair and Conference, and her fifth novel, A TASTE OF REALITY, was a 2004 finalist for the Atlanta Choice Awards sponsored by the Atlanta Daily World. Additionally, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING received a 2004 Patron Choice Award from the Central Mississippi Regional Library System.

Each of Ms. Roby’s novels have dealt with very real issues---in BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, social status, gambling addiction, and infidelity; in HERE AND NOW, single motherhood, infertility, and sibling rivalry; in CASTING THE FIRST STONE, the first of the Reverend Curtis Black series, corruption within the church; in IT’S A THIN LINE, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and care-giving of a parent; in A TASTE OF REALITY, racial and gender discrimination in the workplace with subplots exploring sexual harassment; TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING and THE BEST-KEPT SECRET, continuations of the Reverend Curtis Black series; in CHANGING FACES, overweight issues, a female illness, damaging secrets and a devoted friendship between three women; in LOVE & LIES and SIN NO MORE, the Reverend Curtis Black saga continued; in ONE IN A MILLION, a woman learns the best news and the worst news of her life all at the same time, and in THE BEST OF EVERYTHING, the Reverend Curtis Black's daughter, Alicia, deals with a serious shopping addiction which causes major marital problems.

Ms. Roby resides in Illinois with her husband, Will. Her thirteenth book, A DEEP DARK SECRET, will be released in the fall of 2009.

To share your thoughts with Kimberla regarding her work, please e-mail her at: kim@kimroby.com

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Marilynn Griffith is the author of eight novels, mother to seven children, wife to a deacon and proof of God's enduring mercy. She has served as national Vice President of American Christian Fiction Writers and has served on faculty at several national writers conferences. When she's not writing about friendship, family and faith, Marilynn blogs and speaks to women and writers.

One of her novels, If the Shoe Fits, served as a prop in Tyler Perry's box office hit Why Did I Get Married?  (The mistress has a book in her hand at the beginning of the scene where Jill Scott is forced off the plane. One blink and you'll miss it, but we're hyped about it anyway!)

She most recently took part in the Soul Expressions Book Tour with Angela Benson, Victoria Christopher Murray, Kimberla Lawson Roby and 11 other authors throughout Indiana and Illinois.

 Though she lives in Florida now, Marilynn's muse often wanders the Midwest (especially her native Ohio) wearing a warm jacket and carrying a long stick, eavesdropping on the conversations of imaginary people. To book Marilynn for media interviews, speaking engagements, or book club call-ins or just to say hello, e-mail Marilynn.

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Biography Christine Pembleton is a proud wife, mother, entrepreneur, teacher, talk show host, author, and minister of the Truth. With a sincere desire to encourage and empower women who want fulfillment and happiness in their marriages, she helps people understand the foundational truths of the Word of God through her ministry of writing, speaking and teaching. In 2008, she established the Christian Wives Club Show (www.ChristianWivesClub.com), a weekly internet radio show for Christian wives and women desire to be married. The show airs every Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on BlogTalkRadio. With guidance from the Lord, Christine was able to complete two products, designed to encourage and teach single women how to prepare to be wives. Dating Tips for Saved Women: The Series is a 2-part audio series. It covers the basics women need to know about choosing a Godly husband, and becoming a Godly wife, before marriage. Christine has also completed her first book, Lord, I'm Ready to Be a Wife: Helping You Go from Single to Married God's Way, scheduled for Internet release in June 2009. The oldest of six children, this native of Philadelphia, PA earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Temple University in 2000 and in that same year received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the African American Chamber of Commerce in Philadelphia. A project manager in the technology industry, Christine is currently pursuing an MBA in Business Management. She is also a licensed Elder from Temple Elim Prophetic Truth Ministries in Pennsauken, NJ. Christine's hobbies are gemstone collecting and creating new projects and initiatives. But she most enjoys spending time with her family. Married in 2005, she and her husband Robert reside in Philadelphia, PA, with their young daughter Robin and are expecting their second child in May 2009. www.christinepembleton.com

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Cydney Rax is the author of My Daughter's Boyfriend and My Husband's Girlfriend. Born and raised in Detroit, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University.

Cydney is also an author promoter and her reviews have appeared on numerous books. Her novels have been featured in magazines such as Ebony, Essence, Upscale, Jewel, Today's Black Woman, Publisher's Weekly, Quarterly Black Review and Romantic Times Book Club Magazine.

Cydney loves to read and is the creator of Book-Remarks.com, a popular website that promotes the books of African-American writers. She has interviewed authors such as Carl Weber, E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Kimberla Lawson Roby, and dozens of others.  

 Gwynne Forster, Essence and Nationally Best Selling author of GETTING SOME OF HER OWN tells the engaging tale of Susan Pettiford. After an absence of sixteen years, she has come home to North Carolina, this time for good. Thanks to an inheritance, she can start her own interior design business. But it’s not quite the life Susan hoped for. Single at thirty-four, she now faces a challenge that forces her to accept one of her dreams will never come true. Battling sadness, Susan decides to engage in a fling…

As first lady of Kingdom Citizen's Christian Center, Vivian Montgomery has it all: a beautiful home, lovely children, and a pastor husband who makes her shout Hallelujah--and not just in church. There's no doubt Pastor Montgomery has a healthy appreciation for the Lord and for the pleasures of the flesh, namely his wife's flesh. If only Vivian's best friend, Tai, was so blessed...

A first lady herself, Tai's husband, King, is pastor of Mount Zion Progressive Baptist Church. But with two affairs under his belt, Tai wonders just what "progressive" means. In fact, she strongly suspects her husband is at it again. Now she can follow her mother-in-law's example and threaten to shoot any would-be-husband-stealing floozies, or she can take Vivian's advice and listen for God's instruction. But Tai's husband isn't the only one fighting temptation.

Whether trying to wait until marriage or just waiting until the next mating opportunity, these congregations are filled with members whose eyes are on more than Jesus! The result is a page-turning read, not soon to be forgotten.