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!!! DeBerry & Grant Trivia Contest!!!

We plan to hold several contests between now and next month's release of UPTOWN-so check back here often! THE WINNER WILL BE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THE FIRST 25 CORRECT ANSWERS.

Today's Prize--an audio edition of 2009's WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU.

Answers to all questions can be found on our website, blog, Amazon, via Google OR in your head!

Today's answer MUST be EMAILED TO: VIRGINIAANDDONNA@AOL.COM by midnight EST 02/02/10. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR FIRST NAME AND YOUR CITY.

We'll announce the...

From Bernice McFadden's Blog

How amazon.com helped me to stop wishing I was a white writer... The other night I was up watching a re-run of The Dave Chappelle Show and the opening skit resonated with me so much so, that even though I was drifting off to sleep I popped right up to fully take in the message which represented what it is we African American writers have been complaining about.

The skit started with Dave explaining that even though he says some pretty outrageous things on his show, there are many...

UPTOWNbyVirginia DonnaDeBerry & GrantFrom the...

UPTOWN
by
Virginia DonnaDeBerry & Grant


From the bestselling dynamic duo who gave us What Doesn't Kill You, comes a story as big as New York City itself. Enter the world of Uptown where you'll find a prominent New York family strained to the breaking point by the high stakes Manhattan Real Estate Industry…....

After twenty years of Foreign Service abroad, Avery Lyons returns to New York when her mother and uncle suffer a serious car accident. The tragedy brings the family together, but Av...

Miss You Teddy

Remember when you would go to parties in somebody's apartment, and all the furniture was pushed up against the wall so people could dance? And after you were all good and sweaty from dancing up a storm, they'd play a slow song and some guy would grab your hand and you'd saunter to the middle of the room full of a.n.t.i.c.i.p.a.t.i.o.n.? You knew it was gonna be an up close and personal encounter—the kind where you smell his cologne mixed liberally with perspiration, and hear some hot, wet lov...

Uptown Tour

We know there will be more events added and will update this listing as needed, but we wanted to let you know where we'll be coming with Uptown in 2010!!

Friday, March 12, 2010
7:30 PM
DENVER, CO
Tattered Cover
2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO

Saturday, March 13, 2010
3:00 PM
DALLAS, TX
JOKAES BOOKS
3223 W. Camp Wisdom Road
Dallas,TX

Sunday, March 14, 2010; Time tk
JACKSON, MS
Savvy Book Club (Location TK)
*Signing

Monday, March 15, 2010
7:00 PM
TALLAHASSEE, FL
BOOKS-A-MILLION/THOMASVILLE VILLAGE SQUARE
3521-E ...

First Review for Uptown!!

FICTION REVIEWS Publisher's Weekly 1/4/10


Uptown Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant. Touchstone, $14.99 paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-4391-3776-5

DeBerry and Grant (Exposures) continue both their ongoing love affair with Harlem and the story of the Dixon real estate empire in this smart and compelling tale of how selfishness and avarice can destroy a family's work and reputation. Dwight Dixon takes the reins from his elderly father, "King" Dixon, moving the family real estate holdings to the big-time ...

Writing White-Redux 2009

We wrote this as an article back in 2005 but it never found a home. So we first posted this here in September 2007 and again in November 2008. We had no idea how many comments it would generate. We obviously touched a nerve with many people felt. And now, with Virginia's Open Letter to Oprah making the cyber-rounds, Bernice McFadden's (Sugar, Nowhere is a Place, This Bitter Earth) stance on Seg-Book-Gation, (http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/...) a...

An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey (From Virginia DeBerry)

Dear Oprah:

We don't sing karaoke or dance with the stars. We have been contributing to the cultural landscape long before Jon & Kate, Britney,Rhianna and Chris or Stephanie Meyer and most of America, including you have probably never even heard of us.

We have railed against Kanye's proud pronouncement upon the publication of his 52 page book: Thank You and You're Welcome, that "I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph." Huh?

We are writers and we are in trouble. Big troubl...

Maryland Next Week

Just a quick post to let you know that we will be the featured guests at the Reading Diva's Annual Literary Brunch next Saturday, October 17, 2009. Brunch will be served at 11:00 a.m. and the speakers and discussion panel will begin at 1:00 p.m. This event is being held at Canterberry Hall, 3125 Ritchie Road in Forestville, Maryland.

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E. Lynn Harris Day Friday Sept. 25, 2009

MAMA DEAREST, E. Lynn Harris's last work is on sale today! Buy your copy now. We want to get him to Number 1 on the NY Times bestseller list--a spot he did not reach in life.

E. Lynn Harris Day Schedule
Check For Your City; And Tell Friends


The E. Lynn Tour kicks off today in Atlanta. On Friday, Sept. 25, is authors will be at designated book stores. Here is the schedule.

E. Lynn Harris Tribute Tour Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 7:30 pm
BOOK LAUNCH
Outwrite Books
991 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30309
4...