New York Times Bestselling Author & Speaker, Kimberla Lawson Roby, has published 28 books which include her faith-based, nonfiction title, THE WOMAN GOD CREATED YOU TO BE: Finding Success Through Faith—Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally, as well as her novels, such as BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, SIN OF A WOMAN, A SINFUL CALLING, BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL, A CHRISTMAS PRAYER, THE PRODIGAL SON, THE PERFECT MARRIAGE, THE REVEREND’S WIFE, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR, SIN NO MORE, CASTING THE FIRST STONE, and her debut title, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, which was originally self-published through her own company, Lenox Press. She has sold nearly 3 million copies of her books, and they have frequented numerous bestseller lists, including The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Essence, Upscale, Black Christian News, AALBC.com, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, The Dallas Morning News, The Austin Chronicle and many others.
Over the years, Kimberla has spoken to thousands of women at conferences, churches, expos, workshops, luncheons, libraries, colleges, universities and bookstores. She shares her own personal journey straight from her heart and has a strong passion for helping women become all that God created them to be.
Kimberla is a professional member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), she is the 2013 NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction, the recipient of the 2017 SOAR Radio Trailblazer of Honor award, the 2017 Southwest Florida Reading Festival Distinguished Author Award, the 2017 AAMBC Christian Fiction Author of the Year award and the 2014 AAMBC Female Author of the Year award, the 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 African-American Literary Awards Show (New York, NY) Female Author of the Year award, the Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2001 for CASTING THE FIRST STONE, and in 2001, Kimberla was inducted into the Rock Valley College Alumni Hall of Fame (Rockford, IL).
Anissa Short is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and a current resident of Fayetteville, North Carolina. As an image consultant, business coach and advocate for the home-based entrepreneur, she is gifted to serve in various capacities as #TheWorkFromHomeCEO. Her current endeavors include workshop facilitator, contributing writer for a local publication, podcast and internet radio host, as well as representing in a leadership role within the Direct Sales Industry. As a home-based entrepreneur since 1999, Anissa has built an organization that includes a client base and team that spans several states. Since 2014, she has written articles that not only spotlight other entrepreneurs but serve as an inspiration to anyone pursuing entrepreneurship. In 2019, she began serving as a radio talk show host of ARRAYdio, an internet-based radio magazine show that showcases business, charities, artists, events and the economic development of her local area. In addition, she is an international best-selling author. Prior to her current endeavors, Anissa worked in the fields of Customer Service, Banking and Finance and approximately twelve years with the Federal Government. She has also served as a Board Member of two non-profit organizations. Her educational background includes a Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degree in the areas of Business and Administration. Anissa has been happily married to Alphonso Short since 1998, and in her spare time enjoys reading and visits to the beach
