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Authors You Should Meet

Victoria Christopher Murray originally self-published her first novel Temptation in 1997 and is now the author of six Essence bestselling novels including the recent THE EX FILES: A Novel published by Touchstone Books a division of Simon & Schuster in June 2007. She is also the author of Temptation, Diamond (The Divas), A Sin and a Shame: A Novel, and Grown Folks Business. Please visit: www.victoriachristophermurray.com for more information.

J. L. Woodson's first novel, The Things I Could Tell You! was published when he was sixteen, following with How to Win the Publishing Game at seventeen, Breaking the Cycle award-winning anthology at eighteen and Superwoman's Child: Son of a Single Mother at nineteen. This young author is the winner of the Coca-Cola, Clear Channel, and McDonald's Youth Leadership Award; recipient of Fisk University's Talented Tenth Award and many other awards and distinctions. Visit his website: www.jlwoodson. com

National Bestselling Author Eric Pete, a Seattle Washington and Louisiana native who now resides in Texas, is a graduate of McNeese State University and a member of Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity. Eric's bestselling novels, Real for Me, Someone's In the Kitchen, Gets No Love, and the sensational, critically-acclaimed Don't Get It Twisted and Lady Sings the Cruels are all available for purchase in bookstores and online nationwide. Visit his website: www.ericpete.com

New York Times Bestselling author Mary B. Morrison

Her latest release, Sweeter than Honey is hot off the press! Mary is the author of When Somebody Loves You Back, Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This, Somebody's Gotta Be On Top, He's Just a Friend, Never Again Once More, Soul Mates Dissipate, Who's Making Love, and co-authored She Ain't The One. Mary lives in Oakland, California. Visit Mary at www.marymorrison. com

Ms. Understood is a twenty-nine year old native of Chicago and single mother of four children. Her new book, The Struggle is based on the life of Cassey, a single African American woman who became the victim of an attempted murder on Christmas Eve. She managed to survive having been left for dead, only to endure "The Struggle." Every year until 2011 during the month of February, a new part of this story will be released. Visit her website at: www.parkersonspublishinginc.com

"The Struggle" may be purchased at:

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312 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA

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Shelby Steele author of White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era. As evidenced by his latest book, White Guilt, and his recent appearance on ABC's 20/20, Shelby Steele of Stanford’s Hoover Institution pulls no punches. Steele asserts that the primary focus of the civil-rights era was a legitimate quest to remove racial barriers. In the shift to the black-power era, Steele sees a paradigm shift, away from racial uplift and agency, where blacks assume responsibility for themselves, to a "race is destiny" mode. As the counterculture merged with the civil-rights movement, America was exposed for its racial hypocrisy and, consequently, lost its moral authority. Here, "white guilt" became the moral framework for America. Steele argues that liberal whites embraced guilt for two reasons: to avoid being seen as racists and to embrace a vantage point where they could mete out benefits to disadvantaged blacks through programs such as affirmative action. Steele believes blacks made a deal with the devil by exchanging responsibility and control over their destiny for handouts.

Essence Best Selling author Naleighna Kai, a Chicago native, is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Every Woman Needs a Wife. She is the founder of Macro Publishing Group, a literary services company which helps aspiring authors achieve their goals. Visit her on the web: www.naleighnakai. com Available at Black Expressions, Macro Publishing, Karibu Books, Borders, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com

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Our SLS site is designed to strengthen our minds collectively and expand our tastes in literature, the arts and music. Uplifting and supporting books and musical genres we would not normally gravitate toward will be proof that we care about our "family".

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