Congratulations to Serendipity clients Dr. Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and April Harrison, whose books were honored at this year’s ALA Youth Media Awards! Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Dr. Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile earned Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Honors, as well as the YALSA Award for Excellence…
KENDIS GIBSONAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Kendis Gibson is a multiple national Emmy award-winning journalist. Over his decades-long career, he has covered some of the biggest stories impacting our world. He was one of the first journalists at ground zero following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, escaping only minutes before the first tower fell.…
By Shannon Dowler, MD The ultimate–and fun!–guide to maintaining vibrant sexual health with aging. In Never Too Late, Shannon Dowler, MD, a family physician who is also an expert on sexually transmitted diseases (STD), provides a refreshing overview of sexual education for people over 55. With the advent of dating apps, vibrant 55+ retirement communities, and…
The series where we break down the ins-and-outs of the publishing industry is back! In this episode of “Books by the Numbers”, Serendipity Lit Senior Agent Charles Kim discusses how many illustrations go into making a picture book with Kim Taylor, expert quilter and debut author/illustrator of the new book A Flag for Juneteenth. Click…
CINDY RUNGER Author Photo Download | Bio Download Cindy Runger is the author of The Imperial Order of Mystics and a Pacific Northwest Writers Association Award winner. Although Cindy spent decades as a lawyer and business executive, she has been writing ever since she was first able to grip a crayon. When not strategizing about…
By Shawn Martinbrough, Milo Stone, Joseph P. Illidge, and Christopher Jordan Judge Kim presides over a case against her beloved pet dog in this second book in the Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court Level 3 Ready-to-Read Graphics series! When Neil’s extravagant birthday party is ruined, he blames the mess on Kim and Miles’s dog,…
KATEY TAYLORAuthor www.kateytaylor.com Photo Download | Bio Download Katey Taylor is a writer and a poet whose poems have appeared in Dark Lit magazine, Brave Voices magazine, and Fauxmoir. She has been interviewed by the Just Us Girls Blog and has served as a SWAAY magazine contributor, where her personal essay “When First Loves Becomes First Abuse” was selected…
By Kim Taylor Expert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl. On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in Texas were free. Since then, Juneteenth, as the…
DONNA ORIOWO, LICSW, CSTAuthor www.donnaoriowo.com Photo Download | Bio Download Dr. Donna Oriowo (oreo-whoa!) LICSW, CST is an award-winning DEI advocate, international speaker and certified sex and relationship therapist in the Washington, D.C. metro area. She is the owner of a private practice, AnnodRight, through which she works with Black women on issues related to…
By Shawn Martinbrough, Milo Stone, Joseph P. Illidge, and Christopher Jordan The treehouse court is now in session in this first book in the Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court Level 3 Ready-to-Read Graphics series about a young judge who presides over conflict of all sizes in her neighborhood! When bicycles go missing at Fairville…
