Kimberla Lawson Roby

KIMBERLA LAWSON ROBY is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty-seven novels, which include her popular Reverend Curtis Black Series and many standalone titles. She is the 2013 recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work of Fiction and the 2014 AAMBC Award for Female Author of the Year . Her books have appeared on national bestseller lists, including The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Essence(R) Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Emerge Magazine , The...See more

KIMBERLA LAWSON ROBY is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty-seven novels, which include her popular Reverend Curtis Black Series and many standalone titles. She is the 2013 recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work of Fiction and the 2014 AAMBC Award for Female Author of the Year . Her books have appeared on national bestseller lists, including The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Essence(R) Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Emerge Magazine , The Dallas Morning News , and The Austin Chronicle . Ms. Roby's numerous awards include the First-Time Author Award from Chicago's Black History Month Book Fair and Conference, the Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Award, and a Patron Choice Award from the Central Mississippi Regional Library System. She lives in Illinois with her husband, Will. Visit her online at KimRoby.com. See less