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Victoria Christopher Murray
Victoria Christopher Murray 0000000040017326 Victoria Christopher Murray, a Queens native, turned from a successful corporate career to fulfill her dream of becoming an author. She self-published her...
Tinesha Davis
Tinesha Davis NONE Tinesha Davis is an acclaimed author known for her emotional depth and compelling narratives. Her work spans various genres, with a focus on the human connection. She's also a pass...
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray MULTIPLE Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives. Benedict's works delve into historic...
Victoria Christopher Murray Celebrates a Writing Career Spanning 20 Years and 27 Novels!
Victoria Christopher Murray Celebrates a Writing Career Spanning 20 Years and 27 Novels! Troy Johnson Article “In 1997, I self-published my first novel, Temptation. I sold 9,000 copies in 6 months,...
ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray
ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray MULTIPLE ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives and dynamic sto...
Victoria Christopher Murray, Jacquelin Thomas, S. James Guitard, Maurice Gray, Terrance Johnson, and Patricia Haley
Victoria Christopher Murray, Jacquelin Thomas, S. James Guitard, Maurice Gray, Terrance Johnson, and Patricia Haley MULTIPLE "Victoria Christopher Murray, Jacquelin Thomas, S. James Guitard, Maurice ...
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues Albert Murray 9780816699551 Nonfiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press The year 2016 will mark the centennial of the bir...
Merry Ex-Mas
Merry Ex-Mas Victoria Christopher Murray 9781939481153 Fiction Liza Dawson Associates Liza Dawson Associates A Christmas novella from the Essence bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray Six yea...
Kwame Alexander Books
Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks Sourcebooks https://www.sourcebooks.com/kwame-alexander-books A new (spring 2027 launch) imprint from Kwame Alexander and Sourcebooks dedicated to championing bold au...
Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander 0000000042691031 “He truly is a renaissance man.”—Nikki Giovanni Kwame Alexander is a bestselling author, poet, and educator, known for his award-winning book “The Cr...
Bill Murray
Bill Murray 0000000117750359 Bill Murray, a renowned comic artist and illustrator, started at Johnson Publishing Company before founding BAM Productions in 1985. He works with Real Times Media and ha...
Stand Your Ground: A Novel
Stand Your Ground: A Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476792996 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the AALBC.com bestselling and award-winning author Victoria Christopher Murray comes...
Blessed Assurance: Inspirational Short Stories Full of Hope & Strength for Life's Journey
Blessed Assurance: Inspirational Short Stories Full of Hope & Strength for Life's Journey Victoria Christopher Murray, Jacquelin Thomas, S. James Guitard, Maurice Gray, Terrance Johnson, and Patricia ...
Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks Sourcebooks Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks Sourcebooks Casablanca Sourcebooks Explore Sourcebooks Fire Sourcebooks Hysteria Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks Landmark Sourcebooks Medi...
Introducing An American Story
Introducing An American Story Kwame Alexander Article An American Story Written by Kwame Alexander, Art by Dare Coulter Kwame Alexander, the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning ...
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student Kwame Alexander 9781338026818 Nonfiction Teaching Resources Teaching Resources 2015 Ne...
Simone A. James Alexander
Simone A. James Alexander 0000000109111143 Simone A. James Alexander is a distinguished professor, author, and researcher. Born in Guyana, she studied in Guyana, Russia, and the US, earning degrees i...
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice Patricia Bell-Scott 9780679446521 Nonfiction Alfred A. Knopf Penguin Ra...
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Foxx is known for her adult novels ...
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Alexander's storytelling blends poetry and prose, while Datcher...
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their captivating novels. Patterson's thrillers and Alexander's children literature hav...
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Craft is known for his humorous...
Wrath
Wrath Victoria Christopher Murray 9781982142926 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The award-winning author of Lust, Envy, and Greed — soon to be Lifetime movies - delivers an unforgettable ...
Brown Girls Books
Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books http://www.browngirlsbooks.com Brown Girls Books was founded by the national bestselling authors, ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christoph...
Brown Girls Books
Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books BGB Faith BGB Kids and Teens Brown Girls Books Jacquelin Thomas Presents http://www.browngirlsbooks.com Brown Girls Books was founded by the national bestselling au...
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their impactful and compelling literary works. Kalamu ya Salaam, Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess are renowned authors known for their compelling storytelling and impactful narratives. They have made significant contri...
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop Kwame Alexander 9781493888429 Nonfiction Shell Educational Publishing Shell Educational Publishing Imagine having a Newbery Medal-...
Say Yes: Give Yourself Permission to Go After Your Dreams
Say Yes: Give Yourself Permission to Go After Your Dreams Kwame Alexander 9798256508852 Nonfiction Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks In this inspiring manifesto, Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York ...
Harlem Rhapsody (paperback)
Harlem Rhapsody (paperback) Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593638507 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! “A gripping narrative, don’t miss this histori...
Harlem Rhapsody
Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593638484 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House “A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our gene...
The Personal Librarian
The Personal Librarian Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593101537 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A Good Morning America Book Club Pick The remarkable story of J. P. Mor...
Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel
Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781982113230 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Passion, money, and a deliciously devious twist: Greed is the newest novel in aw...
Temptation: The Aftermath
Temptation: The Aftermath Victoria Christopher Murray 9781944359591 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books The best of friends…. Since they were five years old, Jasmine Cox Larson Bush and Kyla B...
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781501134104 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the NAACP Image award winner and national bestselling author Victoria Christoph...
A Blessing & A Curse
A Blessing & A Curse ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476748887 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. First ladies of the Baptist church and sworn frenemies Rach...
Forever An Ex
Forever An Ex Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476748856 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Three Los Angeles women who’ve helped each other overcome heartbreak are reunited eight years later wh...
Fortune & Fame
Fortune & Fame ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476747170 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Church first ladies Jasmine Cox, Larson Bush, and Rachel Jackson Adams ...
Scandalous
Scandalous Victoria Christopher Murray 9781939481016 Fiction Liza Dawson Associates Liza Dawson Associates Before she was a minister’s wife, she was Jasmine Cox, the most prized dancer at Foxtails. Ne...
Sinners & Saints
Sinners & Saints ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451608151 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. TEAM JASMINE or TEAM RACHEL? Bestselling and award-winning novelists ...
Victoria Christopher Murray and Princess F.L. Gooden
Victoria Christopher Murray and Princess F.L. Gooden MULTIPLE
Gary Phillips, Kimberly Richardson, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael A. Gonzales, Milton J. Davis, Balogun Ojetade, D. Alan Lewis, A. K. Kuykendall, Sean Taylor, and Christopher Chambers
Gary Phillips, Kimberly Richardson, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael A. Gonzales, Milton J. Davis, Balogun Ojetade, D. Alan Lewis, A. K. Kuykendall, Sean Taylor, and Christopher Chambers MULTIPLE Gary Phill...
Claudia Alexander
Claudia Alexander NONE Claudia Alexander, Ph.D., was a respected NASA scientist, studying planets and flying spacecraft. She contributed to missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and comets. An author, she wro...
Albert Murray: Collected Novels & Poems: Train Whistle Guitar / The Spyglass Tree / The Seven League Boots / The Magic Keys/ Poems (The Library of America)
Albert Murray: Collected Novels & Poems: Train Whistle Guitar / The Spyglass Tree / The Seven League Boots / The Magic Keys/ Poems (The Library of America) Albert Murray 9781598535617 Fiction Library ...
Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs
Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs Albert Murray 9781598535037 Nonfiction Library of America Library of America In his 1970 classic The Omni-Americans, Albert Murray (1916€“2013) took aim at ...
Conversations With Albert Murray (Literary Conversations Series)
Conversations With Albert Murray (Literary Conversations Series) Roberta S. Maguire 9781578060078 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi As a cultural critic, biogr...
Kwame Alexander’s Free Write: A Poetry Notebook
Kwame Alexander’s Free Write: A Poetry Notebook Kwame Alexander 9781728222189 Fiction Sourcebooks Wonderland Sourcebooks From the Newbery-Medal winning author of The Crossover and The Undefeated comes...
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Cassidy Dyce
Say Yes: Find Your Passion, Unlock Your Potential, and Transform Your Life
Say Yes: Find Your Passion, Unlock Your Potential, and Transform Your Life Kwame Alexander 9781524899820 Nonfiction Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing Kwame Alexander’s Say Yes is a m...
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances Kwame Alexander 9780316417228 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group BOOK RELEASE MAY 23, TOUR BE...
Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family
Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family Kwame Alexander 9781888018424 Poetry Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Family Pictures, edited by Kwame Alexander, is a celebration of the par...
The Story of Alexander Hamilton: A Biography Book for New Readers
The Story of Alexander Hamilton: A Biography Book for New Readers Christine Platt 9781646114252 Nonfiction Rockridge Press Callisto Publishing Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Alexander Hami...
To Speak a Defiant Word: Sermons and Speeches on Justice and Transformation
To Speak a Defiant Word: Sermons and Speeches on Justice and Transformation Pauli Murray 9780300268065 Nonfiction Yale University Press Yale University Press Twenty-five years of writings by the relig...
Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage Pauli Murray 9781631494581 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company First published posthumously in 1987, Pauli Murra...
Albert Murray
Albert Murray 0000000083695821 Albert L. Murray (1916-2013) was a respected critic, novelist, and biographer. Born in Alabama, he divided his time between teaching and serving in the air force before...
Pride
Pride Victoria Christopher Murray 9781668012901 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The 7 Deadly Sins series that inspired several Lifetime original movies continues with this unputdownable n...
The Midnight Hour: A Madaris Novel
The Midnight Hour: A Madaris Novel Brenda Jackson 9781250623799 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Sexy, dangerous, unforgettable…the Madaris family and their unlikely band of friends c...
The Midnight Hour (Madaris Family Novels)
The Midnight Hour (Madaris Family Novels) Brenda Jackson 9780312989972 Fiction St. Martin’s Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers Sexy, dangerous, unforgettable…the Madaris family and their unlikely band of...
H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson
H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson NONE H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson is an imaginative and masterful storyteller who enjoys the creative process so much that she spends eight to ten hours a day perfecting h...
Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Victoria Adukwei Bulley 0000000474165676 Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a celebrated poet, writer, and artist, recognized for her exceptional poetry with an Eric Gregory Award. She's an alumna of the Bar...
Jamila T. Davis
Jamila T. Davis NONE Jamila T. Davis, a former self-made millionaire and now motivational speaker, uses her experiences from rising to the top of her field, to her fall into bankruptcy and imprisonme...
The Right to Be: A Christopher Family Novel
The Right to Be: A Christopher Family Novel W.D. Foster-Graham 9781665521208 Fiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions For all intents and purposes, 18-year-old Allan Christopher Davis has everything going...
One Sweet Christmas
One Sweet Christmas Beverly Taylor 9781944359010 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Five years after the birth of her child and downward spiral of her marriage, Kacie Miller discovers that he...
Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis 0000000114691891 Christopher Paul Curtis, born in Flint, Michigan, worked in a car factory before turning to writing. Inspired by a family history of entertainers, he authored...
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence Useni Eugene Perkins 9780940975866 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. On a humid March night in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah made history. While thous...
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah 0000000110549118 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first prime minister and president, led the country to independence from Britain in 1957 and ruled until a 1966 coup. His time in the U.S. greatl...
Kwame Mbalia
Kwame Mbalia 0000000501737490 Kwame Mbalia, previously a part-time pharmaceutical calibration tech, is now a full-time writer and father. Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times b...
Love Don’t Live Here
Love Don’t Live Here Therone Shellman 9781495172021 Fiction Therone Shellman Media Therone Shellman Media Love Don’t Live Here, the first book from a generational series. A story about two young wom...
J vs. K
J vs. K Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft 9780316582681 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Created by real-life rivals and #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alex...
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets Kwame Alexander 9780316417525 Poetry Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heri...
How to Write a Poem
How to Write a Poem Kwame Alexander 9780063060906 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Ne...
Booked Graphic Novel
Booked Graphic Novel Kwame Alexander 9780358161813 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexander’s Newbery winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and frien...
Rebound
Rebound Kwame Alexander 9780544868137 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt From the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, a dynamic novel in verse a...
He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said Kwame Alexander 9780062118967 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and ...
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis: A Voice of the Black Press
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis: A Voice of the Black Press Frank Marshall Davis 9781604733846 Fiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi Writings of Frank Marshall Davis...
Dancing Naked on the Floor
Dancing Naked on the Floor Kwame Alexander 9780975440230 Poetry Writers Lair Writers Lair Poet phenom Kwame Alexander grabs his pen again to carve words into the emotional heart of the human spirit. ...
The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era Elizabeth Dowling Taylor 9780062346100 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of...
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis Daria Peoples 9780063206786 Nonfiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins The life of civil rights icon Angela Davis is illuminated in an extraordinary picture b...
Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band
Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band Kwame Alexander 9781585366880 Fiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press When a jazz-loving rooster sets his sights on winning a barnyard talent show, he re...
The Other Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Goddaughter
The Other Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Goddaughter Denny S. Bryce 9780063144125 Fiction William Morrow & Company HarperCollins A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victo...
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir Victoria Rowell 9780061246609 Nonfiction William Morrow Paperbacks HarperCollins Newer version availableBorn as a ward of the state of Maine, the child of an unmarrie...
Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon MULTIPLE Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon are a dynamic writing duo known for their compelling storytelling and rich characters. Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
Victoria Kennedy
Victoria Kennedy NONE Victoria Kennedy, author of 'Where Love Goes' and debut novel 'Sometimes Love', contributes to the Literary Café Magazine and is the founder of Zora’s Den, a group for Black wo...
Christopher Grant
Christopher Grant 0000000068848201 Brooklyn-born Christopher Grant, an alumnus of Stony Brook University, is a diverse professional with experiences ranging from equities trader to actor. Inspired by...
Christopher Griffin
Christopher Griffin 000000004464364X Christopher Griffin, a Brooklyn-based educator and plant enthusiast, uses his Instagram account (@plantkween) to promote self-care, joy, and community through pla...
Kwame Ture
Kwame Ture 0000000368554192 Kwame Ture, previously Stokely Carmichael, was a pivotal figure in the civil rights and Black Power movements. He led the SNCC and served as the Honorary Prime Minister of...
A Pair of Aces
A Pair of Aces Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593637937 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a pros...
The First Ladies (paperback)
The First Ladies (paperback) Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593440292 Fiction Penguin Publishing Group Penguin Random House A novel about the extraordinary partnership between Firs...
Victoria Christopher Murray her 2023 novel
Victoria Christopher Murray her 2023 novel Book Spotlights
The First Ladies
The First Ladies Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593440285 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevel...
Victoria Christopher Murray’s Writing Journey
Victoria Christopher Murray’s Writing Journey Author Interviews
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593101544 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781501183218 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.Gabrielle Wilson ha...
If Only For One Night
If Only For One Night Victoria Christopher Murray 9781944359737 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Can they be soulmates if they’re married to other people? From the outside, Angelique has th...
It Should’ve Been Me
It Should’ve Been Me ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781944359508 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Lights, camera, action… Tamara Collins is poised to become the ...
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel Victoria Christopher Murray and Princess F.L. Gooden 9781625177094 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Savannah Hudson always looked for a surprise from her husband, Sheld...
Never Say Never
Never Say Never Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451695779 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. When Miriam’s fireman husband, Chauncey, dies while rescuing students from a school fire, Miriam fee...
Friends & Foes
Friends & Foes ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451608168 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. IT’S “A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN!”* when the bestselling authors of Sinn...
Sinners & Saints
Sinners & Saints ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476700021 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books Jasmine Larson Bush and Rachel Jackson Adams are not your typical first ladie...