Beverly Jenkins

Author

Ms. Jenkins is the nation’s premier writer of African – American historical romance fiction and specializes in 19th-century African American life. She’s a USA TODAY best-selling author, an NAACP Image Award nominee, and the 2017 recipient of Romance Writers of America’s Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. She has over fifty published works and has been featured in many major publications including the NYT, People Magazine, WSJ - on NPR and CBS Sunday Morning. She speaks widely on African American history, romance, and writing. Some of her work has been optioned by Sony Television and Al Roker Entertainment.