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Joyce E. Davis

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in San Francisco, The United States

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Young Adult, Biography, Short Stories

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Basically I'm a writer who found a way to make her passion a career:

I am the author of a teen novel, Can't Stop The Shine (KimaniTru/Harlequin), named a 2009 American Library Association Popular Paperback For Young Adults. Having contributed to two anthologies, Am I the Last Virgin? (Simon & Schuster) and One Hand in My Pocket (BET Books), I am currently finishing my second novel for teens and researching several other book projects.

My days are spent as the associate director of Publications at Spelman College. In the evenings I put on my freelance hat as a contributing editor to Heart & Soul magazine.

Formerly, I spent nearly 15 years primarily in consumer magazines (Fortune, Honey, BET, Upscale) and co-owned the public relations firm Pow ...more

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	Can't Stop The Shine 3.99 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Hand In My Pocket by Joyce E. Davis (Goodreads Author), Mikel Husband, Kendra Lee 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights

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Some Sing, Some Cry

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Joyce said: " I'm on page 106 of Ntozake Shange's Some Sing, Some Cry, a succulent and mammoth - 576 page - multigenerational novel about a recently emancipated family in Charleston, South Carolina. The writing has such depth and the characters are so rich that I' ...more "

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