DEBORAH OWENSAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Deborah Owens is a 20-year veteran and former vice president of the financial services industry. She is also a radio talk show host, speaker, online columnist, entrepreneur, and author. On the “Real Money” on the Baltimore/ DC NPR-affiliated WEAA, Owens has become known as the Wealth Coach whose…
CINDY NGAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Cindy Ng, author of Girligami, a fresh, fun, fashionable spin on origami, was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Upon her graduation from UC Davis with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Economics, she designed a line of origami kits and jewelry…
CHRISTELYN DENISE KARAZINAuthor www.beyondblackwhite.com Photo Download | Bio Download Christelyn Denise Karazin is the co-author of the book Swirling: How to Date, Mate, and Relate Mixing Race, Culture, and Creed. She is the founder and organizer of No Wedding No Womb! NWNW is an online initiative to address and find solutions for the 72 percent…
CHARREAH KATIE JACKSONAuthor www.charreah.com Photo Download | Bio Download As Essence magazine’s Relationships Editor, Charreah provides sex and love insight for over seven million readers. Charreah is a certified family life educator and has been a featured love expert on CNN’s Headline News, VH1, WEtv, YourTango and the Huffington Post. As a dating coach, she helps clients…
BRENDA LANE RICHARDSONAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Brenda Richardson is an award-winning author of several published books—fiction and non-fiction. Her novel, Chesapeake Song (Amistad Press, 1993) garnered the 1993 Pen-Oakland Award and Richardson was named 1994 Author of the Year by Go On Girl!, a national African-American book club. The novel was a Literary Guild selection.…
BRANDON CARTERAuthor www.brandoncarter.com/ Photo Download | Bio Download Brandon Carter has been a certified personal trainer and nutritionist for over 15 years. He has also served as a fitness model for Nike, Puma, Adidas, Men’s Health, and other major brands. He started his following with a flip phone in his house giving workout advice and…
BETH THOMAS COHENAuthor www.beththomascohen.com/ Photo Download | Bio Download Beth Thomas Cohen was born on September 23rd, 1975 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. Her parents settled in Reston, Virginia as her father worked at the White House as Assistant Security of Health, Education & Welfare. When she was two years old, her parents…
ANNE BOLES LEVYAuthor http://anneboleslevy.com Photo Download | Bio Download Anne Boles Levy co-founded and now runs the Cybils Awards, still the only awards by book bloggers for kids’ and young adult titles. She’s been interviewed by the Cynsations blog and was featured in Book Expo America’s blog for librarians. Her previous life as a…
ALICIA GASPAR DE ALBAAuthor http://www.aliciagaspardealba.net Photo Download | Bio Download A native of the El Paso/Juárez border, Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a Chicana writer/scholar/activist who uses prose, poetry, and theory for social change. She is a Professor of Chicana/o Studies, English, and Women’s Studies at UCLA, where she also served as the Chair of the Cesar E. Chávez Department of…
KARIDA L. BROWN, PH.D.Author Photo Download | Bio Download Dr. Karida L. Brown is a sociologist, educator, and writer. She currently serves on the advisory boards of The Obama Presidency Oral History Project, the Du Boisian Scholar Network, and the Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project. She is a Fulbright Scholar, and her work has…
