Omar Tyree
New York Times best-selling author, a 2001 NAACP Image Award recipient for Outstanding Literature in Fiction    

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McKinley Freeman
Actor as seen on VH1s hit show "Hit the Floor" and author of a self-titled book of poetry "@McKinleyFreeman:Volume 1"

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Kandra C. Albury, Ph.D.
Author of "Don't You Dare Touch Me There!"  and "From Food Stamps to Favor"

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Shelia Goss
Author of "Keeping up with the Joneses"

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Wahida Clark
Owner of Wahida Clark Publishing Company, New York Times bestselling author 

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Brian Smith
Award winning, bestselling author of fourteen novels to include: "HOARDER," "DEADBEAT," "Nina’s Got a Secret," "If These Trees Could Talk," and "The Audubon Park Murder."

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Rev. Jonathan C. Augustine, JD, MDiv
Ordained Minister, Lawyer, Social Justice Advocate and Author of "The Keys Are Being Passed: Raced, Law, Religion and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement."

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Christopher B. Pearman
Author of "Dream So Big: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Believe and Achieve"
Father of Actress/Singer Raven Simone

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Drusilla Mars
Author of "Black Fire"

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APPEARING AUTHORS 2015
Cassandra Keller
Author MJL
Candy Rayne
Janice Brantle
Lynda Jones-Burns
Mary Piccinino
Smith Sister Books
A Life of Peace Wellness Institute
Nicole Cifax
LaQuita Coleman
A.D.
Anaya Kay