Thanks @Mel Hopkins for the heads up on Stacey Abrams accomplishment as a romance novelist, whose pen name is Selena Montgomery:

 

 

 

Thank you for the acknowledgement @Troy ! Seriously, how many hours in Stacey Abrams’ day? 

My pleasure @Mel Hopkins I can't up on the entire Black book world single handedly -- thought I do as good a job as anyone out there 😉 

 

This is even more interesting than N.K. Jemison Hugo wins.  BTW you know that Jemisin's cousin is W. Kamau Bell?  Someone shared that with me when I posted the info on N.K. on Lipstick Alley's book forum.  I have not taken time to confirm this but it is an interesting factoid.

12 minutes ago, Troy said:

BTW you know that Jemisin's cousin is W. Kamau Bell?  Someone shared that with me when I posted the info on N.K. on Lipstick Alley's book forum

 

😄 Oh snap! This is like Marley Dias, her mom and their close relationship with Black Thought and The Roots!  - I love it!  Black folks are forming powerful coalitions!