Books and Bullshhh with Drica Armstrong

        Vanna B. is an author and publisher of fiction novels. The Hope Street Publishing CEO is a native of Philadelphia, PA and received her BA in journalism from Temple University. Writing has been a life-long passion of hers and she always planned on authoring books.

          Vanna's professional writing career began with newspapers and magazines, where she served as a restaurant reviewer, proofreader, advice columnist and staff writer covering a range of topics including current events, local politics and culture. After making the decision to leave the workforce to stay home to raise her son, she began penning her first novel, Fancy.

            Fancy went on to be a huge success, landing on the Amazon Kindle best-seller's list for multiple categories, earning Vanna the 2012 Philly Hip Hop award for “Best Author,” being featured in The Source Magazine, and receiving overwhelmingly positively reviews. This year its sequel, Fancy 2, also made the Amazon best-seller's list, and Vanna was nominated for two AAMBC Awards as well as two Urban Literary Awards.