The African American Literary Award Show
Award Winning Books
First presented in 2004, the African American Literary Award Show is an entertainment event production and marketing company with a focus on writers and authors. It produces an annual Literary Awards Show to recognize, honor, celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements and contributions that African-American authors and writers make to the publishing, arts and entertainment industries.
AALBC.com’s Founder, Troy Johnson was honored by the African American Literary Awards Show in 2012.
9 Books Honored in 2009
The Best of Everything (Reverend Curtis Black #6)
List Price: $23.99
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780061443060Publisher: HarperCollins
Description:
The Best of Everything is one of the best things youll put on your shopping list this week. Tennessee Tribune Readers who just cant get enough of the Reverend Curtis Blackthe charming con man and insufferable womanizer who stars in Sin No More, The Best-Kept Secret, and other acclaimed, bestselling novels by Kimberla Lawson Robyare going to love his daughter, Alicia. In the New York Times bestseller The Best of Everything, Alicia Black takes center stage while the rascally pastor stands on the sidelines, and Roby triumphs once again. The Best of Everything, is provocative entertainmenta treat for fans of Terry McMillian, E. Lynn Harris, and Eric Jerome Dickeybecause when it comes to outrageous behavior, like father, like daughter definitely applies.
Kimberla Lawson Robys Thoughts on Concluding Her Reverend Curtis Black Series, July 2018 After 15 Books
The Best of Everything is one of the best things youll put on your shopping list this week. Tennessee Tribune Readers who just cant get enough of the Reverend Curtis Blackthe charming con man and insufferable womanizer who stars in Sin No More, The Best-Kept Secret, and other acclaimed, bestselling novels by Kimberla Lawson Robyare going to love his daughter, Alicia. In the New York Times bestseller The Best of Everything, Alicia Black takes center stage while the rascally pastor stands on the sidelines, and Roby triumphs once again. The Best of Everything, is provocative entertainmenta treat for fans of Terry McMillian, E. Lynn Harris, and Eric Jerome Dickeybecause when it comes to outrageous behavior, like father, like daughter definitely applies.
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner
List Price: $13.99
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 240 pages
ISBN: 9780061728983Publisher: HarperCollins
Description:
Steve Harvey cant count the number of impressive women hes met over the yearswomen who can run a business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. So when it comes to relationships, why cant these women figure out what makes men tick? According to Steve its because theyre asking other women for advice when they should be going directly to the source. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve lets women inside the male mindset; introduces concepts such as the ninety-day rule; and reveals the five questions women should ask a potential partner to determine how serious he is.
Sometimes funny, sometimes direct, but always truthful, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is a book you must read if you want to understand how men think when it comes to relationships, intimacy, and love.
Dying for Revenge
List Price: $16.00
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 512 pages
ISBN: 9780451227539Publisher: Penguin Random House
Description:
The next installment in the bold and sexy series by the fearless New York Times bestselling author.
Sleeping with Strangers and Waking with Enemies "[left] Dickey fans wanting more"(Ebony). Now, with Dying for Revenge, he returns to that adrenaline- fueled underworld.
Gideon, a professional assassin, is convinced that an old score with a former client from Detroit was settled a long time ago. But the lady from Detroit has never forgotten-or forgiven-Gideon, and with a crack team of hit-men, shes not letting him out of her sight. Now, Gideons on the run again, embarking on a global chase that takes him from London to Nashville, and back to the Caribbean where those on both sides of this battle are dying for revenge.
The next installment in the bold and sexy series by the fearless New York Times bestselling author.
Sleeping with Strangers and Waking with Enemies "[left] Dickey fans wanting more"(Ebony). Now, with Dying for Revenge, he returns to that adrenaline- fueled underworld.
Gideon, a professional assassin, is convinced that an old score with a former client from Detroit was settled a long time ago. But the lady from Detroit has never forgotten-or forgiven-Gideon, and with a crack team of hit-men, shes not letting him out of her sight. Now, Gideons on the run again, embarking on a global chase that takes him from London to Nashville, and back to the Caribbean where those on both sides of this battle are dying for revenge.
Sleeping With The Enemy
by Wahida Clark and Kiki Swinson
List Price: $6.99
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780758212580Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Description:
Wahida Clark and Kiki Swinson are two mistresses who have the street lit genre on lock. The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
Enemy in My Bed Wahida Clark
Kreesha cant control her dangerous feelings for Reigna brother whos married, just out of prison, and one strike away from lockdown-for-life. But when Reign betrays her to the Feds, shell risk everything to save her empire and give Reign one last seductionwith a bullet. . .
Keeping My Enemies Close Kiki Swinson
Larissa is fed up with lying, cheating men. Her best friend Tenishas suggestion: try a guaranteed-to-be-faithful brother in prison. But when hooking up with Sean lands Larissa behind bars, shell do whatever it takes to make sure Tenisha and Sean get the ultimate payback. . .
Includes An Excerpt From Kikis New Novel!
Wahida Clark and Kiki Swinson are two mistresses who have the street lit genre on lock. The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
Enemy in My Bed Wahida Clark
Kreesha cant control her dangerous feelings for Reigna brother whos married, just out of prison, and one strike away from lockdown-for-life. But when Reign betrays her to the Feds, shell risk everything to save her empire and give Reign one last seductionwith a bullet. . .
Keeping My Enemies Close Kiki Swinson
Larissa is fed up with lying, cheating men. Her best friend Tenishas suggestion: try a guaranteed-to-be-faithful brother in prison. But when hooking up with Sean lands Larissa behind bars, shell do whatever it takes to make sure Tenisha and Sean get the ultimate payback. . .
Includes An Excerpt From Kikis New Novel!
The Ultimate No-No
List Price: $6.99
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Mass Market Paperback, 368 pages
ISBN: 9780758263216Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Description:
Its been almost four years since the Headmaster of Heartbreak, Troyon, dumped Dahlia. But shes still aching to give him a taste of his own lying, cheating, mind-twisting medicine. So she asks her girl, Nitrah, to do the unthinkable: get revenge by getting Troy to fall for her, then betraying him.
Its been almost four years since the Headmaster of Heartbreak, Troyon, dumped Dahlia. But shes still aching to give him a taste of his own lying, cheating, mind-twisting medicine. So she asks her girl, Nitrah, to do the unthinkable: get revenge by getting Troy to fall for her, then betraying him.
In The Night Of The Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel
by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes
List Price: $25.00
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Hardcover, 464 pages
ISBN: 9781416569978Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Description:
Award-winning actor and author Blair Underwood joins forces with two amazing and award-winning authors Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes to deliver the second installation in the stunning and provocative Tennyson Hardwick novel In the Night of the Heat.Threatened with death after acquittal for murder, football superstar T. D. Jackson asks struggling actor and former gigolo Tennyson Hardwick for protection. Tennyson has a reputation in Hollywood after solving the murder of rapper Afrodite, but politely turns Jackson down: His acting career is taking off with a new series, and hes trying to work out his personal life after a series of wrong turns.But Tennysons life is upturned when his seedy past catches up to him on the set of his TV series. Then T. D. Jackson is found dead in his home, the victim of an apparent suicide.T.D.s gorgeous cousin, Melanie, is sure the superstar was murdered, and Jacksons family offers Tennyson an irresistible fee to discover the truth. But prying into T. D. Jacksons death means answering the question that divided a nation and destroyed a film star and a football icons life and career: Did T. D. Jackson kill his wife?When the investigation takes an unexpected turn toward the governors mansion and a long-forgotten football game in the segregated South of the 1960s, Tennyson uncovers secrets tearing at the heart of two dynasties and must rely on all of his assets his actors heart, deadly hands, profilers mind, and every other part of his body to keep from dying next.
Award-winning actor and author Blair Underwood joins forces with two amazing and award-winning authors Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes to deliver the second installation in the stunning and provocative Tennyson Hardwick novel In the Night of the Heat.Threatened with death after acquittal for murder, football superstar T. D. Jackson asks struggling actor and former gigolo Tennyson Hardwick for protection. Tennyson has a reputation in Hollywood after solving the murder of rapper Afrodite, but politely turns Jackson down: His acting career is taking off with a new series, and hes trying to work out his personal life after a series of wrong turns.But Tennysons life is upturned when his seedy past catches up to him on the set of his TV series. Then T. D. Jackson is found dead in his home, the victim of an apparent suicide.T.D.s gorgeous cousin, Melanie, is sure the superstar was murdered, and Jacksons family offers Tennyson an irresistible fee to discover the truth. But prying into T. D. Jacksons death means answering the question that divided a nation and destroyed a film star and a football icons life and career: Did T. D. Jackson kill his wife?When the investigation takes an unexpected turn toward the governors mansion and a long-forgotten football game in the segregated South of the 1960s, Tennyson uncovers secrets tearing at the heart of two dynasties and must rely on all of his assets his actors heart, deadly hands, profilers mind, and every other part of his body to keep from dying next.
Basketball Jones
List Price: $22.95
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Hardcover, 246 pages
ISBN: 9780767926270Publisher: Penguin Random House
Description:
E. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now hes back with another winner sure to top the bestseller listsa rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal and blackmail.
Aldridge James AJ Richardson is living the good life. He has a gorgeous town house in always-flavorful New Orleans, plenty of frequent-flier miles from jet-setting around the country on a whim, and an MBAbut hes never had to work a regular job. He owes it all to his longtime lover, Dray Jones. Dray Jones the rich and famous NBA star. They fell in love in college when AJ was hired to tutor Dray, a freshman on the basketball team. But Dray knew if he wanted to make it to the big time, he must juggle his public image and his private desires. Built on a deep, abiding love, their hidden relationship sustains them both, but when Drays teammates begin to ask insinuating questions about AJ, Dray puts their doubts to rest by marrying Judi, a beautiful and ambitious woman. Judi knows nothing about Drays other life. Or does she?
In Basketball Jones, E. Lynn Harris explores the consequences of loving someone who is forced to conform to the rules society demands its public heroes follow. Filled with nonstop twists and turns, it will keep readers riveted from the first page to the last.
E. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now hes back with another winner sure to top the bestseller listsa rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal and blackmail.
Aldridge James AJ Richardson is living the good life. He has a gorgeous town house in always-flavorful New Orleans, plenty of frequent-flier miles from jet-setting around the country on a whim, and an MBAbut hes never had to work a regular job. He owes it all to his longtime lover, Dray Jones. Dray Jones the rich and famous NBA star. They fell in love in college when AJ was hired to tutor Dray, a freshman on the basketball team. But Dray knew if he wanted to make it to the big time, he must juggle his public image and his private desires. Built on a deep, abiding love, their hidden relationship sustains them both, but when Drays teammates begin to ask insinuating questions about AJ, Dray puts their doubts to rest by marrying Judi, a beautiful and ambitious woman. Judi knows nothing about Drays other life. Or does she?
In Basketball Jones, E. Lynn Harris explores the consequences of loving someone who is forced to conform to the rules society demands its public heroes follow. Filled with nonstop twists and turns, it will keep readers riveted from the first page to the last.
Lady Jasmine: A Novel
by Victoria Christopher Murray
List Price: $24.99
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
ISBN: 9781416589174Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Description:
The belovedand hatedJasmine larson bush returns to battle her own past in a compelling new novel of love, faith, and shame from the Essence bestselling novelist. In Temptation, A Sin and a Shame, and most recently, Too Little, Too Late, Jasmine Larson Busha scheming, manipulative, man-stealing diva who was saved just in time to become a preachers wifeentertained fans with her conniving ways and acts of redemption. In Lady Jasmine, a desperate time from Jasmines past threatens the family and the future she worked so hard to build. In order to save her marriage with Reverend Hosea Bush, Jasmine was forced to reveal every secret that remained in her past to himher real age, her real weight, her real shoe size. She thought she had told Hosea everything. But when Jasmine is blackmailed about a terrible truth from her past that she forgot to tell Hosea, more than just her marriage is in jeopardy. Determined to keep the life she fought so hard to save, Jasmine is willing to commit any sin, even murder, to leave her past behind her. No one can know the truth about the First Lady of City of Lights Riverside Church. No one can know that, beneath Jasmines veneer of a redeemed Christian wife, there lies a sinnerespecially her trusting husband.
The belovedand hatedJasmine larson bush returns to battle her own past in a compelling new novel of love, faith, and shame from the Essence bestselling novelist. In Temptation, A Sin and a Shame, and most recently, Too Little, Too Late, Jasmine Larson Busha scheming, manipulative, man-stealing diva who was saved just in time to become a preachers wifeentertained fans with her conniving ways and acts of redemption. In Lady Jasmine, a desperate time from Jasmines past threatens the family and the future she worked so hard to build. In order to save her marriage with Reverend Hosea Bush, Jasmine was forced to reveal every secret that remained in her past to himher real age, her real weight, her real shoe size. She thought she had told Hosea everything. But when Jasmine is blackmailed about a terrible truth from her past that she forgot to tell Hosea, more than just her marriage is in jeopardy. Determined to keep the life she fought so hard to save, Jasmine is willing to commit any sin, even murder, to leave her past behind her. No one can know the truth about the First Lady of City of Lights Riverside Church. No one can know that, beneath Jasmines veneer of a redeemed Christian wife, there lies a sinnerespecially her trusting husband.
Destiny’s Divas: A Novel
by Victoria Christopher Murray
List Price: $15.00
William Morrow (Jan 13, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
ISBN: 9781451650464Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Description:
THEY CAN TALK THE TALK, BUT CAN THEY WALK THE WALK?
Sierra, Raine, and Liza are Destinys Divas, a fresh, new gospel group whose unique blend of singing and testifying has gained them fans across the country. They tell the world about how good God has been to them, but off-stage, each is living a life totally opposite to what she preachesand each is harboring a secret that could ruin them all.
Twenty-something Sierra Dixon speaks about the joy of being single and celibate, though she is anything but, drifting from one relationship to another. Although she stresses the importance of unconditional love within the family, Raine Omari has hit her breaking point with her mother-in-law and is ready to take drastic steps. And when Liza Washington discovers that her pastor-husband is in the middle of a scandal that could bring down more than just their ministry, she knows she must do something to stop him. One fateful evening their secrets are exposed, and one diva commits an act that could land her in prison for the rest of her life. Each has motivewho will crack?
THEY CAN TALK THE TALK, BUT CAN THEY WALK THE WALK?
Sierra, Raine, and Liza are Destinys Divas, a fresh, new gospel group whose unique blend of singing and testifying has gained them fans across the country. They tell the world about how good God has been to them, but off-stage, each is living a life totally opposite to what she preachesand each is harboring a secret that could ruin them all.
Twenty-something Sierra Dixon speaks about the joy of being single and celibate, though she is anything but, drifting from one relationship to another. Although she stresses the importance of unconditional love within the family, Raine Omari has hit her breaking point with her mother-in-law and is ready to take drastic steps. And when Liza Washington discovers that her pastor-husband is in the middle of a scandal that could bring down more than just their ministry, she knows she must do something to stop him. One fateful evening their secrets are exposed, and one diva commits an act that could land her in prison for the rest of her life. Each has motivewho will crack?
