Kimberla Lawson Roby (Part I) - Westchester Library System's Literary Tea

The Westchester Library System (WLS) recently held its 11th annual African American Writers & Readers Literary Tea on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The event kicks off a month-long celebration of African American history, literature, and culture throughout the Countys 38 public libraries. The Tea was hosted by Melvin Burruss, Esq., President of the African American Men of Westchester, Inc., with Honorary Chair Cheryl Brannan, President/CEO of Sister to Sister International, Inc.

Authors honored at the Literary Tea were award-winning writer and journalist Asha Bandele, author of Something Like Beautiful, a poetic, passionate, and powerful memoir about the hard realities of single motherhood; celebrated childrens writer Tonya Bolden, author of MLK: Journey of a King; for which she was awarded the 2008 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children; and New York Times Bestselling Author Kimberla Lawson Roby, who has published twelve novels, including her latest work, The Best of Everything.

New York Times Bestselling Author Kimberla Lawson Roby has published eleven novels which include: One in a Million, Sin No More, Love & Lies, Changing Faces, The Best-Kept Secret, Too much of a Good Thing, A Taste of Reality, Its a Thin Line, Casting the First Stone, Here and Now, and her debut title, Behind Closed Doors, which was originally self-published through her own company, Lenox Press. Her novels have frequented numerous bestseller lists, among them The New York Times, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Essence Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Emerge Magazine, Blackboard, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, The Dallas Morning News, and The Austin Chronicle. Ms. Roby received the Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2001 for Casting the First Stone. She is also the 2006 and 2007 recipient of the Female Author of the Year award presented by the African-American Literary Award Show in New York. Her twelfth title, The Best of Everything, was released on January 13, 2009.

Our authors, sponsors, and committee members this year have done an outstanding job of making the 11th annual Literary Tea a truly special event, said Terry Kirchner, WLS Executive Director. Their generous contributions have helped us to aptly kick-off the many interesting, informative programs our 38 member libraries have to offer in celebration of Black History Month.

The Westchester Library System is located at 540 White Plains Road, Suite 200, Tarrytown, NY 10591. For a complete list of programs and events throughout the Westchester Library System, visit the WLS website at www.westchesterlibraries.org.

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