::2007 LEIMERT PARK BOOK FAIR::


	•Authors Meet and Greet & Festival Participants
	Patricia Abdullah	author, *Saving Daddy*
	Chandra Adams	internet radio show host, author, Shades of Retribution
	Alaina R Alexander	essayist & fiction author, poet, Makin’ Rent: An Artist’s Guide to Eating Well on a Budget written with Bridgitte CN Krupke
	Rafael F J Alvarado	poet Salvation Myth
	Denician Angeleia	relationship/self help author How to Get Over Him and Learn From Your Mistakes: A Survival Guide
	Carlye Archibeque	poet and publisher, Half Shell Editions (an event title)
	Ayuko Babu	founder/executive director Pan African Film & Art Festival
	Patryce “Choc’let” Banks	poet, short story writer, and non-fiction writer, A Choc’Let State of Mind
	Steven Barnes	author, screenwriter CasaNegra See also: Tananarive Due
	Karen Grigsby Bates	author, Chosen People (Alex Powell Novel)
	Debra Bellis	co-founder, Reflections Publishing, Inc. She is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the African American Soul
	Kenneth W. Bentley	author, Nestlé Very Best in Youth
	Bishop Charles E. Blake	minister/author, Encountering God: The Pathway to His Presence
	Yolanda Wright Bozant	author, Be All That You Can Be: The E-Magazine
	Leo Victor Briones	poet, The Poet Remains
	Clifford Brown	screenwriter, Automation, a short documentary (is this the same person?)
	Marc Brown	KABC-TV News Anchor
	Dr. Scott Brown	author Fighting For Us
	Wiley J. Brown	grant guru/instructor
	John Hope Bryant	founder/chairman Operation Hope, Inc.
	Shonda Buchanan	editor, Voices from Leimert Park
	Cassandra Burckhalter	inspirational/self-help author, motivational speaker The Hot 100 Echoes of A Woman's Thoughts
	James Burks	founder African Marketplace and Cultural Faire
	Sid and Betty Burston	authors Get Thee Behind Me & The Deposition
	Bebe Moore Campbell	homage is being paid posthumously, her husband, Ellis Gordon, Jr., will accept her award
	Eileen Carol	See: Writers Corner
	Dr. Firpo W. Carr	bible scholar, educator, writer, Germany’s Black Holocaust, 1890-1945: The Untold Truth
	Anthony Carter	author/CEO, The Conversion Project, Voices of My Father
	Nancy Carter	president, NAMI Urban Los Angeles
	Charles L. Chatmon	poet/author, Depths of Soul: Poems From the Heart of a Man
	Terrye Cheathem	author/publisher, Three Squares Greeting Cards
	Anna Christian	educator/pre-teen author, Mrs. Griffin is Missing and Other Stories
	Libby Clark	former writer-editor Los Angeles Sentinel, legacy honoree The Black Family Reunion Cookbook (Recipes & Food Memories from the National Council of Negro Women)
	Avery Clayton	artist, curator Mayme A. Clayton Museum and Library legacy honoree
	Irving Clemet	author Elijah
	Natalie Cole	writer, publisher, Our Weekly
	Bernadene High Coleman	fiction author, Mama Rose
	Caprise L. Collins	estate-planning attorney
	Nina Corbett	television producer and writer, Standing in the Shadows of Love
	Alice Cousar	Black Family History Journal
	Kamu Daaood	poet & co-founder World Stage, Pocket Poets #57: The Language of Saxophones: Selected Poems of Kamu Daaood
	Michael Datcher	fiction author, Raising Fences: A Black Man’s Love Story
	Herndon L. Davis	author, lecturer, TV/Radio Host, Black, Gay and Christian
	Richard Anthony Dedeaux	poet/original member of Watts Prophets, legacy honoree Things Gonna Get Greater: The Watts Prophets 1969-1971, a spoken word album
	Eric Jerome Dickey	author, Sleeping With Strangers
	Dr. Melvin B. Donalson aka Dr. Mel Donalson	filmmaker, poet, fiction writer and essayist, The River Woman & Hip Hop in American Cinema
	Ray Driver	author and co-founder, Reflection Publishing Inc. She is the author of two children’s books: Jemma’s Treasures & Quick’n Sweet and the Purple Steam. She is the author of Nappy Edges, a self-help book for healthy relationships and a contributing author of Chicken Soup for the African American Soul.
	Tananarive Due	author My Soul to Keep & CasaNegra See also: Steven Barnes
	Juwanza Dumisani	poet/spoken word artist
	Starletta DuPois	actress/author
	Alfred Edmonds, Jr,	editor Black Enterprise magazine
	Eso Won Books	authors appearing… Dr. Scott Brown Dr. Fripo Carr Karen E. Hudson Mable John Eliott Johnson Pam Ward Ron Winston NOTE: These authors are also listed alphabetically in this list
	Sandra Evers-Manly	Founder, Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center, legacy honoree
	Robert C. Farrell,	former Los Angeles City Councilmember, speaker
	Detroit Flanagan, Jr.
	John Forbes,	executive director, Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center
	Dawn Smith-Fortier	1985 Mrs. California, actress, author/speaker Tastes and Testimonies: Cooking with the Saints
	Mrs. Cora Forcell	librarian, storyteller, author
	Mrs. Billie Frierson	librarian/storyteller,author
	Gallery Plus	is hosting Varnette Honeywood, artist/illustrator
	Lynell George	staff writer, Los Angeles Times No Crystal Stair: African Americans in the City of Angels
	Akuyoe Graham	author
	Anthony Green
Alvin Grimes	See: Writers Corner
Anthony “Amde” Hamilton	poet/original member of Watts Prophets legacy honoree
Reneé Morgan-Hampton	author, Misrepresented
Hill Harper	actor/author, Letters to a Young Brother, MANifest Your Destiny
Peter J. Harris	poet, Hand Me My Griot Clothes: The Autobiography of Junior Baby
Odie Hawkins	author, Ghetto Sketches
Gar Anthony Haywood	mystery author, Bad News Travels Fast, When Last Seen Alive & All The Lucky Ones Are Dead
Raymond Hazelwood
David Hollaway	publisher/president, Quackenworth Publishing Company
Varnette Honeywood	artist/illustrator, I'm Late the Story of Leneese and Moonlight and Alisha Who Didn't Have Anyone of Her Own by Mari Evans Appearing at Gallery Plus
Calvin Horn	writer, Los Angeles Times
Pamela Horn	author, editor, playwright Night Dawnings: An Anthology
Ed Houston	author
Karen Hudson	author, The New Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times – Revised Edition written with Karen Grigsby Bates
Earl Ofari Hutchinson	author and issues forum host, Latino Challenge to Black America: Towards a Conversation Between African Americans and Hispanics
Ms. Toyomi Igus	author, Two Mrs. Gibsons illustrated by Daryl Wells Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South illustrated by Michele Wood
Tommy Jacquette	founder/executive director Watts Summer Festival, legacy honoree
Darryl James	syndicated columnist, author and filmmaker, Bridging The Black Gender Gap
Juanita Jennings	actress
Mable John,	author Sanctified Blues, written with David Ritz
Beverly Black Johnson	teacher/author Gumbo For The Soul: The Recipe For Literacy In The Black Community
Eliott Johnson	author
Evelyn Johnson	author Pillar of Salt and Get That Show On The Road
Dr. Ogo Okoye Johnson	multicultural educator and children’s book author Oma the Faithful Daughter, Moon Productions
Dr. Maulana Karenga	author, educator,creator of Kwanzaa, Kawaida Theory: An African Communitarian Philosophy
Meme Kelly	inspirational fiction author, Wings to Fly
Alden Kimbrough	collector of 1st editions/rare & out of print books/historical-archival materials
Cheryl Klein	director, Poets & Writers, Inc. - California office
Keshia Kola	author and founder, Penmar Press, The Shesaurus, America's first Women's dictionary/thesaurus.
Makeda Kumasi	writer, speaker and spoken word artist, performance artist Mary & Daddy’s Little Girl, a play
Rev. Eric Lee	executive director Southern Christian Leadership Conference, West
Marcus Love	author, Chameleon Lover
Donna Ann Smith-Marshall	author/publisher Time on the Inside: Behind the Walls of a Maximum Security Women’s Prison from an Insider’s View
Corlis Martin	poet, Love, Pleasure and Pain
Donald Martin	Bibles For America
Marion McNair	suspense author Bitter Roots
Sarah Mfume	genealogist and family history author
Dr. Rosie Milligan	author/ founder, Milligan Books/Black Writers on Tour, legacy honoree, Resource Guide for African American Speakers & Writers
Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz	author Mother Love
Rose Mitchell	Libriarian at the A C Bilbrew Library Black Resource Center
Pamela Moore
L. Mack Mossett III	author Letters From the Minister
Christine Nelson	storyteller
Otis O’Solomon,	poet /original member of Watts Prophets, legacy honoree
Our Authors Study Club, Inc.,	legacy honoree
Karyn Parson	author children’s DVD The Journey of Henry Box Brown Pasadena Playhouse
Akuyoe Graham	actress, author, motivational speaker “7 Days to a Better You”
Staton Harris	panelist, author, From Wall Street to Breaking Down Walls
Gay Iris Parker	Audience Development Coordinator for Pasadena Playhouse
Pearl Jr.	non-fiction, community host Black Women Need Love Too
Barbara Perkins	author Sisters At the Well: Finding and Living Life Lessons
Brenda Petrakos	poet Stories from the Inside Edge Sybartic Press
Gary Phillips	mystery writer, Bangers
Red Philly	collector of out of print books/historical archival materials
Red	poet, spoken word artist
Shonda Rhimes	screenwriter/director, legacy honoree “Grey’s Anatomy” Television Series
Gil Robertsonn IV,	"Not in My Father's House"
Ave Rose Rodil	owner/publisher Ink Well Mutations Press
Victoria Rowell	actress/author The Women Who Raised Me
Synthia Saint James	artist/illustrator, author Girlfriends and It's Kwanzaa Time!: A Lift-the-Flap Story
Josefa Salinas,	Hot 92 Jamz’ radio host, author, community activist
Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad	author, national columnist, and forum host Saving The Race: Empowerment Through Wisdom
Dr. Elke E. Senegal	publicist and representative for Detained/Jailed authors:
Anthony Murillo,	author Wicked Sick
Terrell C. Wright,	author Home of the Body Bags & Revelations of an Ordinary Childhood
Shijah	poet and spoken word artist
John Singleton	screenwriter/director/founder-The Dakar Foundation, legacy honoree “Boyz n the Hood” coming in 2008 “Luke Cage” The Dakar Foundation was established in 1992 to provide educational opportunities for elementary school children. Since that time, it has grown to also include college scholarships and a means to help support the continued education of any student who demonstrates self-determination, creativity and community involvement.
Fredrick Smith	author Down for Whatever
Denise Spiller	film agent, screen writer, freelance writer and co-founder, African American Media & Literacy Group
Dale Stelly	owner, executive producer & director of Stelly Entertainment, an independent production company
Eugene A. Stovall	author Frank Yerby: A Victim's Guilt
Barbara Wright Sykes	author & motivational speaker Overcoming Doubt, Fear, and Procrastination & Good Loving Ain’t Easy
Anthony Taylor	artist/cartoonist It’s Time to Rhyme Against Crime: The Rap Frogs Yo!
Rickey Teems	author, counselor lovingyourlove.com
Jervey Tervalon	fiction author Lita, Dead Above Ground & Living for the City
Dr. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o	UC Irvine professor of English and Comparative Literature & non fiction author Wizard or the Crow a novel
C. Debra Thomas	– See: Writers Corner
Dr. Maxine Thompson	author and founder, Black Butterfly Press, legacy honoree
A. K. Toney	literary coordinator/hip hop poet
Martha Tucker	mystery writer The Mayor's Wife Wore Sapphires
Kweli Walker	erotic “The Best American Erotica 2006” audio book anthology with Susie Bright, Kweli Walker, et. al.
Pam Ward	author Want Some, Get Some
Georgia Washington	– See: Writers Corner
Mrs. Binnie L. Wilkin	librarian, storyteller, author
Connie L. Williams	poet and spoken word artist Looking for Lilith
Kim M. Williams	author Mark One or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America
Cliff Winston	radio show host
Evelyn Winston	author
Hattie Winston	actress
Ron Winston	author Changed
Paula Woods	author Dirty Laundry: A Charlotte Justice Novel
Barbara Wright-Sykes	author Good Lovin Ain’t Easy
Charles Wright	composer and performance artist, legacy honoree Founder/leader of the Watts 103rd Street Band wrote & performed the song “Express Yourself”
Writer’s Corner -
Eileen Carole	Director (aka Carole E. Wharton)
Eileen Carole	Creative Juices; Complexions/Hairstories; If Ever You Have Loved
Alvin Grimes	Treasures From A Word Warrior (poetry) and Black Pearl (novel)
C. Debra Thomas,	Cable Show Host: Literary Speaks Wisdom to Go and When Life Happens
Georgia Washington	Renaissance Pages
Angela Yarbrough,	author, publisher/actress Okay God, Explain This One!
Pamela Samuels-Young	mystery writer Firm Pursuit a legal thriller




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