EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION  FOR 2012 NOW OPEN

2012 3rd Annual African American Author's Expo

 Featured Author

Beverly Broadus-Green

"Real Love"

Beverly Broadus-Green is the mother of entertainer

Snoop Dogg

Author Sophia A. Nelson

Black Woman Redefined

Sophia A. Nelson is an accomplished, upwardly mobile woman to

watch. She is a highly sought after speaker, media/political commentator, national columnist and published author who is “redefining” the rules for 21st Century living and success.

As one of a select few African American female national opinion writers and political/cultural pundits, Sophia contributes to The Washington Post, CNN Opinion, TheGrio.com, TheRoot.com, NPR, and is featured regularly on all of the major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) as well as Cable outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and BET.

Sophia speaks on a myriad of topics ranging from workplace retention and advancement strategies for women of color, to relationships, health & wellness, spirituality, and career transformation for women at large. She is a former United States House of Representatives Committee  Counsel, and a Defense Industry Lobbyist with the “top 25” nationally ranked law firm of Holland & Knight LLP. Sophia is admitted to practice as an Attorney in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. and before the United States Supreme Court. She began her legal career in 1994 as a State Regulatory Counsel & Business Advisor to New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. 

Prior to establishing SAN Enterprises LLC (a Communications & Lobbying firm), Sophia served in several senior and executive positions within the government and corporate sector. Among her industry accomplishments, She served as a Director of Congressional & Public Affairs at the United States Chamber of Commerce, as an Associate at the law firm of Horn Goldberg Gorny Daniels Plackter & Weiss, and as President & CEO of ALN Consulting, Inc., which she merged into a new practice group at Holland & Knight LLP focused on developing MBEs, WBEs and Emerging Market IT & Defense companies.

Sophia is also the founder and current Chairman of the Board of iask, Inc. (formerly I Am My Sister’s Keeper, Inc.), an organization dedicated to the relational, emotional, spiritual, career, and health of professional black women.

Sophia’s first highly anticipated book Black Woman Redefined, to be published in May 2011, examines the inner lives of accomplished black women. Through a compelling combination of groundbreaking survey research and inspiring real life stories, this pragmatic and inspirational survival guide takes the “mask” off of the proverbial strong black  woman, helping them reach beyond the stereotypes that often limit them and the achievements that often define them.  Contributors include Soledad O'Brien, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Actress Rae Dawn Chong, CNN Anchor Fredricka Whitfield, MSNBC Anchor Tamron Hall, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton among many others.

Sophia earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science (Minor in Africana Studies) from San Diego State University in 1990. She earned her Juris Doctorate Degree from American University-Washington College of Law, after transferring from Washington & Lee University-Law School in 1992, in 1994. Sophia is also a proud active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Xi Omega Graduate Chapter). She resides in Loudoun  County, Virginia.

STACY LATTISAW JACKSON

"I Am Not The Same Girl:RENEWED"

Stacy Lattisaw was not yet even a teenager when she recorded her first album. Although she already had been singing since the age of six yrs old she was well on her way toward developing a vocal style of her own.

She was born and raised in Washington D.C. At the age of eleven, she sang before an estimated crowd of 30,000 people at Fort Dupont Park in South East D.C where she was the opening act for Ramsey Lewis. It wasn’t long before Henry Allen, President of Cotillion Records heard of this young sensation and signed her up posthaste. Stacy continued to on to complete a total of 12 albums during her R&B singing career.

At the age of thirteen Stacy toured with the Jackson’s in 1981. She was the opening act on a thirteen week tour. She also traveled to several foreign countries, some which included Germany, South Africa, Jamaica, London, Bermuda, Japan, and the Bahamas where she performed with some of the biggest names in the recording industry.

As Stacy began to mature in age and mind, her desires began to change. She always felt an emptiness inside that she could not quite understand. After suffering with bouts of depression Stacy began to seek God. Then one day she dropped to the floor and said to GOD “I have heard about you”. “I need to know that you are real”.  And she experienced a presence that she had never felt before. Behold, the emptiness inside had been filled. She is fully committed to serving the Lord Jesus Christ.

She now ministers in word and song. And she often says that everything she’s been through has made her who she is today. Along with her husband Kevin, they own and operate two businesses in Maryland. Stacy is also a published author: Renewed: I Am Not the Same Girl. God has given Stacy a ministry for women; Women Walking with Authority. She also leads a Youth Empowerment program where she goes to schools encouraging youth (the next generation) in the importance of integrity and becoming leaders, not followers. Stacy says she’s a well kept woman, kept by the grace of God!  Her mission is to share her testimony about the keeping power of GOD!

2011 AAAE PARTICIPATING AUTHORS

PAMELA REAVES

ABOUT PAMELA REAVES

Pamela Reaves is the Founder and CEO of NELLA LLC, a Maryland limited liability company.  Pam is also the author of the thought-provoking and powerful book, “Is It Love…Or Merely a Sick Attachment?”  “Is It Love…” is published by the major publishing house, Tate Publishing & Enterprises.  This book has been well-received by readers as far away as Kenya.  Individuals of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and social status agree “Is It Love…” is a pager turner that offers a fresh perspective on the devastating difference between loving relationships and toxic relationships. Using real life relationships and news events that give the public insight into shocking truths, the book offers stories and lessons for everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.  The book is listed and stocked at Ingram/Spring Arbor, the world’s largest and best known book distributor, and as of July 5, 2011, is available in bookstore systems nationwide (e.g. Barnes and Noble, Borders, etc.) and on Internet sites such as amazon.com; barnesandnoble.com; target.com, and many others.  Also, Tate Publishing is producing a: 30 second commercial.  The book trailer will air on national television on networks such as Lifetime, Fox News, Discovery, History Channel, Lifetime, USA Network, CNN Headline News, AMC, and Angel One.

Pam has appeared on the Doni Glover Radio Show which airs on WOLB 1010AM, Baltimore, Maryland.  She has also co-hosted a virtual Think Tank, hosted by author and business owner, Nochelle Hastings, who is based in Tampa, Florida.  She has been a featured author at events hosted by John Wesley UME, Baltimore, Maryland; the International Black Woman’s Collaborative under the leadership of Deena Pierott of Portland, Oregon, and a host of other cultural events and workshops. Pam is the daughter of parents who were married for over 60 years; the wife of a man to whom she has been married for over 20 years; and the youngest sister to 13 siblings (nine brothers and four sisters), three of which have been married for 50 years; one who has been married for over 40 years; and three who have been married for over 30 years.  Pam knows relationships.

CONTACTING PAM:

·                                             www.pamreavesnella.com  (currently under construction)

·                                             www.pamelareaves@tatepublishing.net (currently under construction)

·                                             Pamela Reaves|Facebook

·                                            pamreg01@verizon.net

·                                            For speaking engagements and professional services call (410) 902-1575 (Home Office); or (443) 691-4096 (cell) 

C.NATASHA RICHBURG

C. NaTasha Richburg has been married to her husband Melvin for over 26 years.   She is the mother of four children.  Mrs. Richburg is a preacher, teacher, and speaker positioned to bring forth illustrations in her short stories that allows us to find a reflection of peace in the middle of life's storms.

Mrs. Richburg has a Masters of Business Administration from Morgan State University and a Masters in Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University. She has attended, and completed many courses at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.  Mrs. Richburg is currently attending Morgan State University in pursuit of a Doctorate in Urban Leadership Education. Mrs. Richburg professes Proverbs 24:5 (KJV) which says:

"[a] wise man is strong; yea a man of knowledge increaseth strength."

AUTHOR BERNICE LAYTON

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Bernice is married, mother of one daughter and employed full-time in Baltimore, Md.

Her love of reading has lead to the publication of her first novel, Promises Made, which was published, November 2008 for Genesis Press, Inc. Indigo.

Bernice is a member of Romance Writers of America and has plans to write many more novels, with believable plots and well-developed characters for a thrilling read.

Her 2^nd novel, Crossing the Line, an interracial romantic, suspense novel was released April, 2010.

CHERYL M. WOOD

Cheryl Wood is an author, speaker, facilitator, business coach, and Founder & CEO of Moms R The Best.  Her mission is to empower, motivate, and educate women on the steps needed for living a fully rewarding life and transform fears into fearless living.  Cheryl empowers women to their dreams off the shelf and start living their dreams.  She motivates women to discover their passion, step into their purpose, and live up to their fullest potential.  And she educates women on the benefits that entrepreneurship can offer, especially as it relates to the financial freedom and independence that so many women desire.  As a wife and mother of three who was “existing” instead of “living,” Cheryl transformed her own life by pursuing full-time entrepreneurship.  Cheryl has experienced drastic transformation and growth in her business, Moms R The Best, since she launched the business in June 2009.

Cheryl was honored as The Professional Black Woman’s 2010 Business Woman of the Year, Morgan State University’s 2010 Entrepreneurial “Spirit” Award Recipient, and the Women2Women4Women 2010 “Woman of Power” Recipient.  She also received the 2010 Governor’s Citation for Excellence in Small Business.  Cheryl has made guest appearances on local talk radio stations to include Radio One and Pacifica Radio, and co-hosts a weekly women’s segment on WEAA Briefcase Radio.  Cheryl has collaborated with the Small Business Administration, Morgan State University, Girl Scouts of America, the Girl Power Project, and other reputable organizations to facilitate entrepreneurial workshops for young girls and women.  Cheryl is passionate about helping others to create positive, uplifting life experiences for themselves and developing a new mindset for achieving their goals.  Cheryl provides continued empowerment and motivation in her newly released book, How I Flatlined and Woke Up in 45 Days – A Guide to Empowered Living, which was released on January 2, 2011 and has already sold over 400 copies.

Author Evan Quitelle

Evan Quitelle Brockington is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He has spent over 27 years in the United States Navy and is still enlisted as a Master Chief Petty Officer.  He has his Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development from the George Washington University.  He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

To learn more about Evan Quitelle , visit his website at

  http://www.evanquitelle.com/ or contact him at ceoeqb@aol.com

Author Donna Saunders

Donna & her stedaughter Aliyah just released the children's book SMOM (stepmom) & Me.  Donna M. Saunders is one of the featured authors in the anthology series Victorious Living and the 2008 We Support You!  Letters of Encouragement for Our Troops Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Donna graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Accounting.  She is a CPA and Controller for a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to help the disabled.  She has a passion for writing and helping others fulfill their dreams.  Donna lives with her husband Gary and two stepdaughters in Springdale, Maryland. 

Dr. Steven Haymon

 Steven Haymon, Ed.D, has over 38 years of clinical experience as a psychotherapist/ consultant. He has treated thousands of clients for issues including childhood disorders, marital and couple counseling, family counseling, parent/child conflicts and chemical dependency. Dr. Haymon has also done extensive work with mood disorders, schizophrenia, and anxiety disorders. He has a wealth of knowledge in conducting training, workshops and seminars in his various fields of study and research.

Dr. Haymon has a B.A. in Education, M.S.W. in Social Work and a Ed.D in Educational Psychology. He has also pursued and completed Christian educational course-work at Bethesda Temple Bible Institute, under the tutelage of Dr. Rachel Webb. Dr. Haymon is a member of Bethesda Temple Church of the Apostolic Faith in St. Louis, Missouri where the Honorable Bishop James A. Johnson, D.D. is pastor.

Author Joey N. Jones

 Dr. Joey N. Jones, a native of Reidsville, North Carolina has served as an award-winning educator for over 25 years, focusing on the development of youth as a middle school principal, high school administrator, technology education teacher, curriculum writer, mentor, minister, coach, and tutor. He earned undergraduate degrees from North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland, in College Park, Maryland. Among numerous awards and recognitions, he was selected to participate in the Washington Post’s Vincent E. Reed Principals Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C.  100 Percent The Power of Giving Your All – 31 Ways to a Better You is his first of many motivational and inspirational books. Dr. Jones is married to Kinta C. Jones. They have three daughters and reside in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Author Dorothy J. Morris

Dorothy is a proud graduate of Florida International University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, and later a Masters degree in Human Resources Development from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, her current residence.  She is a member of the Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology, as well as a member of the Social Security Administration' Women’s Advisory Affairs Council.

Dorothy works for the Social Security Administration, but her true passion is writing full-time.  She has published two novels, Fatal Rebounds and Fatal Vengeance, Part I and II of the Fatal Trilogy. Part III, Fatal Blowwill be released soon.

Please join Dorothy's mailing list  to stay informed of future book releases, book signings and other projects.  You may also send her an email at contactme@dorothyjmorris.com

Author Roxanne Pugh

Roxanne Pugh is an entrepreneur, well sought after motivational speaker, author, philanthropist, pastor, and family woman. She is the founder and CEO of Destiny Awaken Publications – a full service publishing company; Bawrar Generation – an outreach program addressing the needs of abused and battered women, single mothers, teens and children; Vote Ministries- a ministry based organization. She is to Co-Founder of Heavenly Delight Catering. Also, she is in the process of establishing additional businesses. 

Roxanne has committed her live to seeing individuals walk in total health and wellness as a whole person. She believes that we should be in good health physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and financially. Her personal life experience has birthed the love, passion, and compassion she has to see individuals walk in total wholeness.   

Roxanne attended University of the District of Columbia and studied Criminal Justice; DeVry University for Business Management with the concentration on Small Business and Entrepreneurship; American Association for Christian Counselors and completed her studies in “Caring for People God’s Way”. 

 She is the author of “Deliverance from the Vicious Cycle of Abuse” and “The Promise is between your Legs” scheduled to be released in the spring of 2012. She has made several television appearance, conducted several radio interviews and she serves as a co-host for CAOT online talk radio blog show. 

 AUTHOR IRIS F. SETTLES

Blaque Diamond (pronounced black) is originally from Manhattan N. Y. She left N.Y in 2001 for Maryland and earned her BSW and MSW from Morgan State University. In addition, she was named outstanding student of the year for Title IV-E Public Child Welfare and was inducted into Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society and Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. She was named All American Collegiate Scholar and earned a placed on the National Dean’s List.

In this wonderful memoir, Diamond offers a vivid representation of both the crucial and vital occurrences that happen in the house where Diamond and the neighborhood grew up. Diamond shares of her memories with the house where her life was shaped and where she learned more about life. With all the things happening in the house, it opened her eyes to the realities of life and she bravely shares what it has offered to her and to others. Diamond believes IN MY MOTHER’S HOUSE has more exciting and lesson-filled occurrences to tell readers to enjoy and reflect on. 

Diamond has appeared at the National Association of Black Social Worker’s Conference in New Orleans, at CityLit in Maryland, and The Baltimore Book Festival, Diamond received a literary from Product of My Environment Team of One Records 3^rd Generation and The Borough of Queens, New York. Diamond has been interviewed on www.conversationliveradio.com with Cyrus Webb which aired on Dec 13^th, Brandon, MS. Diamond is currently working on her next novel “OBSTACLES”, a television series, and her hair product to be released 2012. She credits her children for her strength, and GOD for never letting her walk alone. 

You can visit Blaque Diamond at;Blaquediamond357@yahoo.com, or write:

Blaque Diamond

P.O Box 35068 Dundalk, MD 21222 

Octavia Carlos, 

Born and raised in the Bronx, New York.

I Graduated from North Carolina A&T State University for my BS degree and Howard University for my Masters degree (MSW) in Social Work.

I am a psychotherapist in private practice in Largo MD providing counseling services to adults.  

My book is a Self Help Stress Management Tool for busy individuals who might find themselves overwhelmed and stressed or just tired and stressed.

We live in a society where stress is created by our demanding lifestyles or dumped on us by events we have no control over. Additionally we try to put a very active 27 hour day into the actual 24 hour day. That is obviously impossible therefore causing stress. Stress affects how well or not well we feel and live. Stress affects how well or not well we function and relate to one another. My book focuses on how to minimize our stress and its impact on us. It also teaches us how to replenish ourselves. The book shows you step by step how to change parts of your lifestyle so the stressors have less impact. We must take care of ourselves they way we take care of everyone and everything else. This book will show you how in 3 short chapters. The first chapter defines stress. The second chapter provides 12 ways to reduce the stress and its symptoms. The third chapter shows you some lifestyle changes for permanent management.

 DeBora Wicks

Empowerment Speaker. Radio Personality. Editor. Attorney and Author of Love Addicted: One Woman’s Spiritual Journey Through Emotional Dependency, DeBora M. Ricks has an insatiable appetite for books, travel, and connecting with dynamic, interesting people. She has worked more than a decade with abused and battered women as an attorney, advocate, coach, counselor and adviser in both the criminal justice and civil systems. As a speaker and writer, DeBora is deeply committed to helping women remember their worth, heal after a breakup, let go in love and make peace with their parents and past.  She currently works in a drug and alcohol treatment program assisting residents with their legal issues.  

 DeBora is the editor of seven books, both nonfiction and works of fiction. On her most recent trip to Paris, France she realized a life long dream to do a book reading and signing. She is one of the featured speakers on the 2012 Project Consciousness Tour. She lives, loves and works in Baltimore, Maryland. Ms. Ricks is busy at work on her second nonfiction book, Why Did He Break Up With Me? Lessons in Love, Loss and Letting Go.

 Visit DeBora at www.DeBoraRicks.com for more information. Also visit her blog at www.DeBoraricks.blogspot.com To book DeBora to speak at your next women's conference, retreat, or event, email her at Info@DeBoraricks.com or call 410.599.2131.   

W. James Harris

W.  James Harris, author, philosopher, and motivator has been compiling excerpts of his writings for the last 20 years. His insight into the human psyche is phenomenal. He is a self educated African-American male who was so misunderstood in his childhood that he was believed to be mentally and developmentally challenge. Although Mr. Harris never completed his formal education, he spent many years studying psychology and the teachings of some of the great philosophers such as Frantz Fanon, Aldous Huxley and Frances Cress Welsing. His mind has a way of thinking which has no limits. He has an uncanny ability to conceptualize and dissect the minuscule to the most intense thought or school of thought. The norm does not exist for this man, he has no boundaries. Taping into God’s infinite wisdom has always been his goal and his desire. This journey we call life has always been intriguing to him and he has spent his life exploring the vast possibilities it can bring. As people he believes we have limited ourselves in our thinking, our understanding and striving to be all that we were created to be. The expedition that you’re about to walk through is an Arduous Journey through the depths of “Your Life and Your Mind” with Mr. Harris as your guide.