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- Sep 23, 2026
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Emotionally Stirring Prose (opens the original)
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Terah Shelton Harris is a bestselling author and former librarian who crafts bittersweet stories filled with family tension, personal growth, and healing. Her latest release, Where the Wildflowers Grow, follows a woman as she reconciles with her past and learns to thrive while living on a flower farm.In our chat, we discussed her author origin story, her approach to storytelling, and why she is drawn to complicated characters.Ready to read One Summer in Savannah, Long After We Are Gone, and/or W
Cinematic Storytelling (opens the original)
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Tiffany L. Warren is a novelist, screenwriter, and film producer whose work centers on the diverse lives and loves of Black people. Her latest release, A Harlem Wedding, is a historical fiction novel about Yolande Du Bois, the only child of W.E.B. Du Bois, and her attempts to live the life she wants.In our chat, we discussed her author origin story, the escapades of Yolande Du Bois, and how she has adapted her novels for the screen.Ready to read A Harlem Wedding?Purchase a copy at your favorite
Entering a New Era (opens the original)
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Lucy Wilson-Tagoe is a bestselling author and lawyer who crafts suspenseful, romantic tales that center characters from across the African diaspora. Her new book, To Catch a Sinner, centers a journalist at a crossroads and a lawyer with family drama as they grow closer and contend with complicated, shared connections.In our chat, we discussed her shift to a new pen name, the inspiration for her new era of storytelling, and how her Ghanaian heritage and love for DC shaped her latest novel.Ready t
Cozy Thrills (opens the original)
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Necole Ryse is an author who crafts stories filled with mystery, suspense, and romance. Writing under the pen name R.L. Killmore, she has crafted a small-town cozy mystery series, Cinnamon Falls Mysteries, that will keep you guessing until the final reveal and rooting for the main characters’ happily ever afters.In our chat, we discussed her author origin story, her love for suspenseful tales, and her shift into traditional publishing.Ready to read Murder at Cinnamon Falls?Purchase a copy at you
Sample September: A Bookmarked Bingo Reprise (opens the original)
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