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'''Beverly Jenkins''' (b. 1951) is a best-selling author of [[contemporary]] and [[Historical|historical]] romances featuring [[African-American]] and [[Multi-Cultural|multicultural]] characters.  Her use of 19th-century African-American history is unusual in the romance genre.
 
'''Beverly Jenkins''' (b. 1951) is a best-selling author of [[contemporary]] and [[Historical|historical]] romances featuring [[African-American]] and [[Multi-Cultural|multicultural]] characters.  Her use of 19th-century African-American history is unusual in the romance genre.
  
Jenkins has received numerous awards, including five Waldenbooks Best Seller Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times magazine, and a Gold Pen Award from the Black Writers Alliance. In 1999, she was voted one of the Favorite 50 African-American Authors of the 20th Century by AALBC.com, the nation's largest online African-American book club.  Her fan club is known for its [http://www.beverlyjenkins.net/pjparty.html Beverly Jenkins Pajama Party Weekend].
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Jenkins has received numerous awards, including five Waldenbooks Best Seller Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times magazine, and a Gold Pen Award from the Black Writers Alliance. In 1999, she was voted one of the Favorite 50 African-American Authors of the 20th Century by AALBC.com, the nation's largest online African-American book club.  She is also a 2013 NAACP Image Award nominee. Her fan club is known for its [http://www.beverlyjenkins.net/pjparty.html Beverly Jenkins Pajama Party Weekend].
  
 
Jenkins has written over a dozen romances and two [[Young_Adult|young adult]] historical novels for [[Avon]].  She has also written several [[Suspense|romantic suspense]] novels for [[Harper Torch]].  She lives in Michigan, where she is active as a community volunteer and a lay minister in the Episcopal Church.
 
Jenkins has written over a dozen romances and two [[Young_Adult|young adult]] historical novels for [[Avon]].  She has also written several [[Suspense|romantic suspense]] novels for [[Harper Torch]].  She lives in Michigan, where she is active as a community volunteer and a lay minister in the Episcopal Church.
  
== On the Web ==
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== Books ==
* [http://www.beverlyjenkins.net/ Beverly Jenkins]
 
* [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/17113/Beverly_Jenkins/index.aspx Beverly Jenkins at Harper Collins]
 
  
== Books ==
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* "[[Something Old, Something New]]" - 2011 ([[William Morrow))]
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* "[[Second Helping]]" - 2010 ([[William Morrow]])
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* "[[Bring on the Blessings]]" - 2009 ([[William Morrow]])
 
* ''[[Jewel]]'' - 2008 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Jewel]]'' - 2008 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Wild Sweet Love]]'' - 2007 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Wild Sweet Love]]'' - 2007 ([[Avon]])
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== Series/Related Titles ==
 
== Series/Related Titles ==
Young-adult historical novels
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=== The Blessings ===
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# "[[Bring on the Blessings]]" - 2009 ([[William Morrow]])
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# "[[A Second Helping]]" - 2010 ([[William Morrow]])
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# "[[Something Old, Something New]]) - 2011 ([[William Morrow]])
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=== Topaz/Mail-Order Brides ===
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# ''[[Topaz - Beverly Jenkins|Topaz]]'' - 1997 ([[Avon]])
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# ''[[Always And Forever - Beverly Jenkins|Always and Forever]]'' - 2000 ([[Avon]])
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# ''[[A Chance at Love]]'' - 2002 ([[Avon]])
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=== Black Seminoles ===
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# ''[[Something Like Love]]'' - 2005 ([[Avon]])
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# ''[[Wild Sweet Love]]'' - 2007 ([[Avon]])
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=== Young-adult historical fiction ===
 
* ''[[Belle and the Beau]]'' - 2002 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Belle and the Beau]]'' - 2002 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Josephine and the Soldier]]'' - 2003 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[Josephine and the Soldier]]'' - 2003 ([[Avon]])
  
Romantic suspense novels
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=== Romantic suspense ===
 
* ''[[The Edge of Midnight]]'' - 2004 ([[Harper Torch]])
 
* ''[[The Edge of Midnight]]'' - 2004 ([[Harper Torch]])
 
* ''[[The Edge of Dawn]]'' - 2004 ([[Harper Torch]])
 
* ''[[The Edge of Dawn]]'' - 2004 ([[Harper Torch]])
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== Awards/Honors ==
 
== Awards/Honors ==
 
* Detroit Free Press Book of the Year
 
* Detroit Free Press Book of the Year
* Five Waldenbooks Best Sellers Awards
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* Six Borders/Waldenbooks Best Sellers Awards
 
* [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=1&year=2007 Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner (Historical Storyteller), 2007]
 
* [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=1&year=2007 Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner (Historical Storyteller), 2007]
 
* YWCA Western Wayne County Woman of Achievement Award, 2001
 
* YWCA Western Wayne County Woman of Achievement Award, 2001
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* Golden Pen Award from the [http://bwga.org/ Black Writer's Guild of America]
 
* Golden Pen Award from the [http://bwga.org/ Black Writer's Guild of America]
 
* [http://aalbc.com/books/thebesta.htm Voted one of the Top Fifty Favorite African-American writers of the 20th Century by African American Literature Book Club, 1999]
 
* [http://aalbc.com/books/thebesta.htm Voted one of the Top Fifty Favorite African-American writers of the 20th Century by African American Literature Book Club, 1999]
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==Awards (body of work)==
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*2017  [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America
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== On the Web ==
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* [http://www.beverlyjenkins.net/ Beverly Jenkins]
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* [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/17113/Beverly_Jenkins/index.aspx Beverly Jenkins at Harper Collins]
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* [http://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2013/01/20/beverly-jenkins-destinys-embrace-naacp-image-award-nomination/1850187/ NAACP Image Award Nomination]
  
 
== Interviews ==
 
== Interviews ==
 
* [http://www.mylifetime.com/lifestyle/entertainment/romance-buy-the-book/video/african-american-romance/1641831768/1618591909 Interviewed for myLifetime.com by Michelle Buonfiglio (video)]
 
* [http://www.mylifetime.com/lifestyle/entertainment/romance-buy-the-book/video/african-american-romance/1641831768/1618591909 Interviewed for myLifetime.com by Michelle Buonfiglio (video)]
 
* [http://ingridspeak.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/beverly_jenkins/ Interviewed by Ingrid, Through My Eyes, 2008]
 
* [http://ingridspeak.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/beverly_jenkins/ Interviewed by Ingrid, Through My Eyes, 2008]
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* [http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2008/01/12/welcome-author-beverly-jenkins/ Interviewed on Petticoats and Pistols, 2008]

Latest revision as of 02:14, 10 February 2023


Beverly Jenkins (b. 1951) is a best-selling author of contemporary and historical romances featuring African-American and multicultural characters. Her use of 19th-century African-American history is unusual in the romance genre.

Jenkins has received numerous awards, including five Waldenbooks Best Seller Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times magazine, and a Gold Pen Award from the Black Writers Alliance. In 1999, she was voted one of the Favorite 50 African-American Authors of the 20th Century by AALBC.com, the nation's largest online African-American book club. She is also a 2013 NAACP Image Award nominee. Her fan club is known for its Beverly Jenkins Pajama Party Weekend.

Jenkins has written over a dozen romances and two young adult historical novels for Avon. She has also written several romantic suspense novels for Harper Torch. She lives in Michigan, where she is active as a community volunteer and a lay minister in the Episcopal Church.

Books

Novellas

Series/Related Titles

The Blessings

  1. "Bring on the Blessings" - 2009 (William Morrow)
  2. "A Second Helping" - 2010 (William Morrow)
  3. "Something Old, Something New) - 2011 (William Morrow)

Topaz/Mail-Order Brides

  1. Topaz - 1997 (Avon)
  2. Always and Forever - 2000 (Avon)
  3. A Chance at Love - 2002 (Avon)

Black Seminoles

  1. Something Like Love - 2005 (Avon)
  2. Wild Sweet Love - 2007 (Avon)

Young-adult historical fiction

Romantic suspense

Awards/Honors

Awards (body of work)

On the Web

Interviews