Happy Easter! SBC is closing International Women’s Month with the second edition of Author Dialogue. Our panelists, which centers romance, include (pictured left to right) veteran and multi-award-winning novelist Deborah Fletcher Mello (The Stallions; The Boudreaux Family); bestselling indie novelist Sheena Binkley (Love, Life, & Happiness); Wattpad stars and awardees Romi Moondi (24 Hours in Paris) Fallon DeMornay (Stiletto Sisterhood); and Brianna Joy Crump (Of Cages And Crowns).
They discuss intersections of romance; whether one has had to experience it in order to write it; balancing the genre with other genres; if they are responsible for how they portray relationships (healthy or unhealthy); having an audience of not only women but adolscents; traditional publishing and Wattpad; representation; and much more!
So Booking Cool Facts About the Panelists:
1. Mello wrote for BET’s then imprint, which would later get purchased by Harlequin/HarperCollins. She has written nearly 70 titles (and counting) that have been honored by the likes of Library Journal; Publishers Weekly; and the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice.
2. Moondi’s debut 24 Hours in Paris, which she wrote in Paris, was named Publishers Weekly‘s number one Summer Romance. She has over 3 million reads on Wattpad and also has written nonfiction.
3. DeMornay was a top 10 finalist in Harlequin’s So You Think You Can Write contest and was commissioned by the likes of Warner Brothers, H&M, and PANDORA.
4. Binkley publishes her various Amazon bestselling series’.
5. Crump has millions of reads on Wattpad and has mentored writers in college. She also taught middle school. Now, she writes full-time.