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* '''Author''': [[Jackie Weger]]
 
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* '''Publisher''': [[American|Harlequin American Romance]] [[Harlequin American By The Numbers|# 5]]
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* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin American Romance]] [[Harlequin American Romance By The Numbers|# 5]]
 
* '''Year''': 1983
 
* '''Year''': 1983
 
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* '''Amazon Listing''' - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373160054/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 A Strong And Tender Thread]
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* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373160054/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 A Strong And Tender Thread]
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==Trivia==
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''A Strong And Tender Thread'' was the first [[African-American]] title published by any [[Harlequin]] [[imprint]], although it was written by a caucasian author who originally wrote the characters as caucasian.  As [[Kathleen Gilles Seidel]] [http://www.likesbooks.com/seidel.html explained in an interview], [[Harlequin American Romance]] senior editor [[Vivian Stephens]] wanted to publish books with African-American characters, but wasn't receiving any submissions, so she asked Weger to change her characters.  The first [[African-American]] romance written by an African-American author came the next year, with [[Sandra Kitt]]'s [[Adam And Eva]].

Latest revision as of 00:29, 25 January 2008

Trivia

A Strong And Tender Thread was the first African-American title published by any Harlequin imprint, although it was written by a caucasian author who originally wrote the characters as caucasian. As Kathleen Gilles Seidel explained in an interview, Harlequin American Romance senior editor Vivian Stephens wanted to publish books with African-American characters, but wasn't receiving any submissions, so she asked Weger to change her characters. The first African-American romance written by an African-American author came the next year, with Sandra Kitt's Adam And Eva.