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Meet the Author: Beverly Jenkins
Friday, November 5, 2021 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
In this virtual event, best-selling author and romance genre legend Beverly Jenkins discusses her writing and life.
Beverly Jenkins is the recipient of the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature, was featured both in the documentary “Love Between the Covers” and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for multicultural romance, and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, and NPR.
Moderated by Synithia Williams
Synithia Williams has been an avid romance novel lover since picking up her first one at the age of thirteen. It was only natural that she would begin penning her own romances soon after. She’s a native of South Carolina and now writes romances as hot as their southern settings. She’s published over fifteen, novels since 2012. Her seventh book, Making it Real, was listed as one of the Must Read Romances of 2015 in USA Today. Her second release with Harlequin Kimani, A Malibu Kind of Romance was a 2017 RITA® finalist and she’s a two time African American Literary Award Show nominee in Romance
Participating in #BroaderBookshelf?
Reading any of Beverly's books will fulfill the 2021 prompt to Read a Romance Novel. Many of her titles can also help you check off the prompts: Read the first book in a series by a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) author; Read a book with a one-word title; and Read a Book Recommended by a Richland Library Staff Member.
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