Welcome to The Writer's
Inn Red Carpet where exceptional authors shine. These authors are not only bestsellers but display outstanding literary
craftsmanship. We would like to commend them for their talent and are honored to have them listed as our Red Carpet Stars!
The Writer's Inn welcomes New York Times Bestselling author, Mary Monroe, to
our Red Carpet! Mary Monroe is best known for her novel, God Don't Like Ugly, and the series which revolve around
the characters first introduced in this novel.
Mary Monroe is the third child
born to Alabama sharecroppers and the first and only member of her family to finish high school. She never attended college
or writing classes. Mary Monroe taught herself how to write and began writing short stories around age four. She now resides
in Okaland, California. God Ain't Through Yet is her latest novel in the God Don't Like Ugly Seris and is
available now at bookstores everywhere.
From New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes a poignant
and passionate new novel featuring lifelong friends Annette Goode Davis and Rhoda O'Toole-two women whose best intentions
don't always yield the best results. This time around, Annette is devastated when one of her greatest fears comes true-and
there may be nothing she can do about it...
Even though her life
has its ups and downs, Annette Goode Davis feels lucky to have a family who loves her and friends she can count on. Most of
all, Annette is grateful that her husband Pee Wee took her back after he discovered she was having an affair. Now, she's determined
to do whatever it takes to make her marriage work. The trouble is, while Pee Wee agreed to give Annette another chance, she's
not sure his heart is really in it.
Annette goes out of her
way to keep Pee Wee as happy as pie, but it never seems to be enough. Rhoda is quick to point out that Annette got herself
into this mess; now she has to be patient until Pee Wee forgives her. But time may be running out.
Her suspicions are confirmed when Pee Wee moves out-and in with his new lady. Annette takes the
news hard and so does her daughter Charlotte, who seems hell-bent on keeping her mother on edge by hanging out with a wild
new crowd.
Annette isn't going to let her family go without
a fight. But she also knows she must prepare for the worst-because one lesson she's learned all too well is that when life
kicks you in the teeth, you have to come out swinging.
Eric Jerome
Dickey was born in Memphis, Tennessee and attended the University of Memphis (the former Memphis State), where he earned his
degree in Computer System Technology. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in engineering.
After landing a job in
the aerospace industry as a software developer, Eric Jerome Dickey's artistic talents surfaced, inspiring him to become an
actor and a stand-up comedian. Yet Eric quickly found out that writing was something he could do and do well. From creative
writing classes to avidly consuming the works of his favorite authors, Eric Jerome Dickey began to shape a writing career
of his own.Having written several scripts for his personal comedy act, he started writing poetry and short
stories. "The film work gave me insight into character development, the acting classes helped me understand motivation...All
of it goes hand in hand," Eric explains. He joined the IBWA (International Black Writers and Artists), participated in
their development workshops, and became a recipient of the IBWA SEED Scholarship to attend UCLA's Creative Writing classes.In 1994 his first published short story, "Thirteen," appeared in the IBWA's River Crossing: Voices of the
Diaspora-An Anthology of the International Black Experience. A second short story, "Days Gone By," was
published in the magazine A Place to Enter.
With those successes behind him, Eric Jerome Dickey decided to fine-tune
some of his earlier work and developed a screenplay called "Cappuccino." "Cappuccino" was directed and
produced by Craig Ross, Jr. and appeared in coffee houses around the Los Angeles area.In February 1998,
"Cappuccino" made its local debut during the Pan African Film Festival at the Magic Johnson Theater in Los Angeles.
Short stories, though, didn't seem to fulfill Eric Jerome
Dickey's creative yearnings. Eric says, "I'd set out to do a ten-page story and it would go on for three hundred pages."So Eric kept writing and reading and sending out query letters for his novels for almost three years until he finally
got an agent. "Then a door opened," Eric says."And I put my foot in before they could close
it."And that door has remained opened, as Eric Jerome Dickey's novels have placed him on the map
as one of the best writers of contemporary urban fiction.
Tempted By Trouble (On Sale: August
17, 2010) is Dickey's forthcoming novel and the first stand alone since his 2008 hit Pleasure. Set in the world of
conmen and thieves, this pulse-pounder about love, betrayal, and the lengths we will go to survive in a ruthless world is
reminiscent of two of dDickey's most beloved and top selling earlier novels Thieves Paradise and Liar's Game.
Meet Dmytryk Kinight. He was a respectable
man...once. College-educated, happily married, a stable job at a car factory in Detroit. When a crippling recession annihilates
the auto industry, Dmytryk and his wife Cora suddenly find themselves without jobs and in foreclosure. After twelve years
of living by the rules, they learn the hard way that honesty doesn't pay the bills.
When a powerful and ruthless crime boss named Eddie Coyle gives them
an opportunity to buy back their comfortable lives, Cora urges Dmytryk to take the deal. All he has to do is join Eddie's
crime ring and rob some banks: two minutes, in and out, nobody gets hurt. Now, more determined than ever to gain his financial
freedom and independence, Dmytryk falls into a life of crime. But when a job goes horribly wrong and Cora disappears, Dmytryk
wonders if he'll ever find his way back to his old life. And in the end, will he even want to?
