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Maryann Reid
In 2002, Maryann Reid was invited by USA TODAY to write a
novella for the acclaimed Open Book section of their
website. In Jan/Feb, her series, "Single Black Female" ran
for several weeks and attracted a whole new audience to
her already popular first book, Sex and the Single
Sister. In 2003, Reid wrote Use Me or Lose Me,
a spin off to Sex and the Single Sister and
published by St. Martins.
A woman, always exploring her options, Reid obtained her
MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Miami in
May 2004. She is a regular guest and relationship advisor
on radio and television shows.
Her third book Marry Your Baby Daddy was published
in September 2005 and sparked the creation of Marry Your
Baby Daddy Day. Mrs. Big followed in 2006,
and her latest title Every Man For Herself was
published by St. Martin's Press in August 2007.
Read An Excerpt of Every Man
For Herself:
Click Here
Author's Official Site:
http://www.maryannreid.com
Publisher's Website:
http://www.stmartins.com
Author's Page on The-Blackbox.com:
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Order Your Copy Today:
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Urban
Reviews: Tell us about Every Man For Herself.
Maryann Reid: Every
Man For Herself is about a woman who is in love with
three men, and these three men love her back. What's a girl
to do? So many of us wish we had that problem. But
everything is not as nice as it seems.
Urban Reviews: Where did
you come up with the idea for this story?
Maryann Reid: I
have always been intrigued by women who are able to capture
and hold the attention of men without having to compromise
who they are and what they do to get that attention. They
just are who they are, as pretty or even as ugly as they
want to be.
Urban Reviews: Can you
give us a glimpse of your next novel?
Maryann Reid: My
next novel is about a single mom who falls for her
daughter's man with a twist.
Urban Reviews: Please
tell our readers how you started your literary career.
Maryann Reid: I
sort of fell into everything. I never thought I'd be
publishing books. I just had an idea and kind of put it in
the right hands at the right time. I wish I had that story
of selling and shopping my work early on, but as it is in
most of my life, I usually find myself skipping over many
steps to get to that certain place, the challenge is in
staying there.
Urban Reviews: You also
created Marry Your Baby Daddy Day that was inspired by your
previous novel. Can you tell us more about this?
Maryann Reid: Marry
Your Baby Daddy Day is an all expenses paid wedding of 10
couples with children who are ready for that next step in
their relationship. I started it after finding out during
research for my book Marry Your Baby Daddy that 70%
of children are born to single or unmarried black
women. I was astonished. I knew I wanted to come up with a
way to bring black love back in style.
Urban Reviews: Who are
some of your favorite authors or books?
Maryann Reid: I
like Jamaica Kincaid for her repetitious style.
Urban Reviews: What
advice would you give to aspiring writers?
Maryann Reid: Leave
the outline alone, don't put yourself on a writing schedule,
and tape a $100,000 advance check from your soon to be
publisher on your bathroom mirror for inspiration.
Urban Reviews: Name one
thing that the world does not know about Maryann Reid-the
person?
Maryann Reid: I'm
a virgin. (wink)
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Read our review of Every Man For Herself in the
AA Fiction section.
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