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2008 Featured Author Booksignings


The Public Library presents Terry Brooks

6:00 pm
6:45 pm


You can't get better than this...With twelve million books in print, and eighteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, Terry Brooks is a master of the fantasy genre. An avid writer since high school, Brooks was inspired to write fantasy fiction after reading THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Whilst practicing law during the day, he wrote at night and in 1977 published THE SWORD OF SHANNARA.

www.terrybrooks.net


Susan L. Taylor, Essence Editorial Director

4:00 pm
4:45 pm


Author of All About Love: Favorite Selections from in the Spirit on Living Fearlessly, Lessons In Living and more!
www.essence.com/essence/bios/bio_taylor


Mary B Morrison

8:45pm


Author of Sweeter than Honey, She Ain't the One (a collaboration with Carl Webber), upcoming novel Who's Loving You and many more other titles!
www.marymorrison.com



Susan Jeffers

2:00 pm
2:45pm


Author of Feel the Fear... and Do It Anyway ®, "Embracing Uncertainty" and "The Feel the Fear Guide to Lasting Love" and more!
www.susanjeffers.com

 

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Rai Glover
2:45pm

In her first book release, Corporate to Kindergarten, Rai shares her personal weekly diary of the joys and struggles she faced while being a mom to a kindergartner and managing a thriving corporate career. The book offers witty, thought-provoking, and realistic insights that are sure to resonate with working parents.  Rai recently retired from Bank of America, becoming one of the youngest retirees under the bank’s “Rule of 60” qualifications – age plus years of service totaling 60 or greater

Rai is committed to civic involvement and responsibility. She serves on the Charlotte Regional Visitors Association (CRVA).  Rai completed her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education Degrees from the University of South Carolina. She thanks God for her parents who laid a “positive” foundation for her life and the lives of her 4 older siblings.  God first! 


Dale Henry
3:00 pm
3:45pm

He speaks to and trains over 100,000 professionals and executives each year. In the year 2000 alone, he presented to over 40 of the Fortune 50 companies.
Dr. Dale Henry's many experiences in the field of business and education make him a natural when it comes to lively and humorous presentations. Although Dale believes in the importance of laughter, his presentations always deliver a strong message packed with useful tools. A native of East Tennessee and the foothills of the Smoky Mountains he draws heavily on his storytelling background to hold the audience in the palm of his hand.


Karrine Steffans

8:00 pm
8:45pm

Karrine Steffans released her complicated, yet, thrilling former life and lifestyle are captured in the pages on her memoir, Confessions of a Video Vixen, making a biography almost obsolete.  Since Confessions debuted on June 28, 2005, Karrine and her enthralling story has been on the lips and minds of most everyone.
www.Karrine.com

 

 

Mike Minter

7:00 pm
7:45pm

Mike Minter has been a pillar of the Carolina Panther defense since joining the team in 1997. Known as one of the most consistent performers in professional football, Minter is a rare breed having spent his entire career with one organization. He has seen the highs of playing in the Super Bowl and the lows of a team that won but one game in a 16 game season. As a motivational speaker, Mike's insights are unique, his delivery impeccable, his credentials unparalleled. He makes his listeners laugh, he makes them think and, above all, he encourages them to become everything that God intended for them.
www.mikeminter.com

Terrie Williams

5:00 pm
5:45pm

Author of Black Pain: It just looks Like We're Not Hurting, Stay Strong: Simple life lessons for Teens and more!
www.thestaystrongfoundation.org

 

Dr. Rev. Michael Beckwith & Rickie Beckwith

1:30pm
2:00pm

Rickie Byars Beckwith
1:00pm
CD SIGNING TIME: 2:00pm

Michael Bernard Beckwith is a world leader and teacher in the New Thought–Ancient Wisdom tradition of spirituality. He is the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, cofounder of the Association for Global New Thought, and the Season for Nonviolence, which are extensions of his vision of one human family united on a foundation of peace, based on the spiritual origin of every man, woman, and child. As seen on the Oprah Winfrey Show and part of the movie "The Secret". He and his wife, Rickie Byars Beckwith will speak at the literary festival. Dr. Beckwith teaches meditation, scientific prayer, and speaks at conferences and seminars. He is the originator of the Life Visioning Process, a time-tested technique offering its practitioners a method for putting a stop to being a passive tourist in one's life. He is author of Inspirations of the Heart (currently nominated as a finalist for the Nautilus Book Award), Forty Day Mind Fast Soul Feast, A Manifesto of Peace, and Living from the Overflow.
www.agapelive.com


Dashaun "Jiwe" Morris

3:00 pm
3:45pm

A memoir by
Dashaun Jiwe Morris, is a rare and jarringly honest look into the emptiness and realities that drive so many youth to join gangs. A wake up call about the conditions and circumstances that provoke and perpetuate the cycle of violent crime, Jiwe shows us why food, shelter, and clothing are not enough to keep our kids from dying in the streets. Told in graphic detail, Jiwe draws us in, to walk alongside him as he takes us on his painful journey as a member of the Bloods. By age eleven, he had encountered gang warfare at its peak. Lured in by fear, the promise of protection and acceptance, he witnessed stabbings, beatings, shootings, and the destructive force of drugs. At age 25, Jiwe, worn weary of gang culture, saw a way to reclaim his life and potentially save others through the power of the written word. At times painfully sad, WAR OF THE BLOODS IN MY VEINS is ultimately an inspiring testimony of hope, about humanity in the midst of evil, and turning tragedy into triumph. The book is
filled with lessons for the next generation of youngsters coming up about the choices so many of them face to survive the streets, and the maturity and courage required to choose a better life.


J. L. KING

7:45pm

J. L. KING is an HIV/STD prevention activist, educator, and author. He is the controversial author that opened pandora's box when he sat on Oprah's couch a few years ago to talk about men on the "down low" is set to release a new novel next week and this time he's tackling "down low" men in the music industry. His expertise has been cited in national publications such as the New York Times and Essence, and his television appearances have ranged from The Oprah Winfrey Show  to The News Hour with Jim Lehrer to Black Entertainment Television.




Omar Tyree'

5:45pm

Author of The Last Street Novel, Flyy Girl, upcoming novel Pecking Order and many more other titles!
www.omartyree.com




Pynk

8:45pm

Pynk is the pseudonym for all erotica titles by author Marissa Monteilh, a former model, television news reporter and commercial actress, who has written six mainstream titles, May December Souls,The Chocolate Ship, Hot Boyz, Make Me Hot, Dr. Feelgood, and Something He Can Feel, as well as a short story called Mariah's Gotta Have It, which was included in an erotica anthology titled Morning, Noon, and Night: Can't Get Enough. Pynk's first sexy title, Erotic City, drops in November 2008.


Cheris Hodges

4:45pm

Author of Just Can't Get Enough, Cautious Hearts, upcoming book Let's Get It On and many more other titles!
www.cherishodges.com




Terri Woods

3:45pm


2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the release of True to the Game, the literary phenomenon that cemented Teri Woods’s place as an urban literature pioneer. Her follow-up, True to the Game II, reached the coveted New York Times bestseller list, a rare feat for a street lit title. Now, True to the Game III: Quadir, the final installment in this highly successful trilogy, is sure to continue in the series’ barrier-shattering tradition.


Bruce Williams with Donnell Alexander

7:45pm


In ROLLIN WITH DRE, readers are taken on an intimate journey inside the world of west coast hip hop. But not just any ride.  Bruce Williams tells it like it was and explains where the genre stands today.  Not many people are willing to be as honest as Williams has been in ROLLIN WITH DRE for fear of being ostracized from that world, hurt, or possibly killed.  For Williams, he earned the right to tell the truth as Dr. Dre’s loyal top lieutenant.



 

The “Best of the Best” African American Christian Authors Panel

Including:

Michele Andrea Bowen — author of Church Folks, Second Sunday & the Holy Corner.

www.micheleandreabowen.com

Jacquelin Thomas — award winning, best selling author with twenty-five titles in print including Young Adult.

www.jacquelinthomas.com

Victoria Christopher Murray— Essence best selling author of six Christian-based fiction novels including Young Adults.

www.victoriachristophermurray.com

Sharon Ewell Foster— bestselling, award-winner of gospel novels. 
www.sharonewellfoster.com


Please submit comments about the festival to Jewel@realeyesbookstore.com. What you liked, didn't like, or would like to see in future festivals!