2021 AUTHORS — Leimert Park Book Fair

Leimert Park Book Fair

Our diverse panel of authors hail from throughout the Southern California region as well as nationally and internationally from around the globe. This year we are proud to present well-known best-selling authors, book club favorites, beloved children’s authors along with host of up-and-coming authors just making their mark in the literary world.

Elaine Parker Adams (Copy)

Elaine Parker Adams (Copy)

The Reverend Peter W. Clark: Sweet Preacher and Steadfast Reformer (Copy)

The Reverend Peter W. Clark: Sweet Preacher and Steadfast Reformer (Copy)

Angel Aviles (Copy)

Angel Aviles (Copy)

Too Happy To Be Sad Girl (Copy)

Too Happy To Be Sad Girl (Copy)

Charlie Becker (Copy)

Charlie Becker (Copy)

Friends My Poems Gave Me (Copy)

Friends My Poems Gave Me (Copy)

Steven Barnes (Copy)

Steven Barnes (Copy)

Starborn & Godsons (Copy)

Starborn & Godsons (Copy)

Jeaneen Benson (Copy)

Jeaneen Benson (Copy)

Professor Mad Rhymes (Copy)

Professor Mad Rhymes (Copy)

Cedrick D. Bridgeforth (Copy)

Cedrick D. Bridgeforth (Copy)

Alabama Grandson (Copy)

Alabama Grandson (Copy)

Camari Carter Hawkins (Copy)

Camari Carter Hawkins (Copy)

Death by Comb (Copy)

Death by Comb (Copy)

Michael Catchpool (Copy)

Michael Catchpool (Copy)

Superjoe Does NOT Do Cuddles (Copy)

Superjoe Does NOT Do Cuddles (Copy)

Stacey Culpepper (Copy)

Stacey Culpepper (Copy)

Sakura (Copy)

Vanessa and Henry Dotson (Copy)

Vanessa and Henry Dotson (Copy)

From Zion to a City of Hope (Copy)

From Zion to a City of Hope (Copy)

Tananarive Due (Copy)

Tananarive Due (Copy)

The Between (Copy)

The Between (Copy)

Cheryl Fox (Copy)

Cheryl Fox (Copy)

Art of a Guest Pass (Copy)

Art of a Guest Pass (Copy)

Nikki Giovanni (Copy)

Nikki Giovanni (Copy)

Make Me Rain (Copy)

Make Me Rain (Copy)

Paula Golden (Copy)

Paula Golden (Copy)

Ten Cuddly Pandas And Then There Was (Copy)

Ten Cuddly Pandas And Then There Was (Copy)

Sufia Giza (Copy)

Sufia Giza (Copy)

Mound Builders of Ancient America (Copy)

Mound Builders of Ancient America (Copy)

Wendy Gladney Dean (Copy)

Wendy Gladney Dean (Copy)

Forgiveness | Change Your Life Forever (Copy)

Forgiveness | Change Your Life Forever (Copy)

Tiffany Heard (Copy)

Tiffany Heard (Copy)

Hues of Africa (Copy)

Hues of Africa (Copy)

Jennifer Hopson (Copy)

Jennifer Hopson (Copy)

Sticky Wicky Starfish (Copy)

Sticky Wicky Starfish (Copy)

Ashley S. Johnson (Copy)

My Daddy, The King (Copy)

My Daddy, The King (Copy)

Rob Kenner (Copy)

Rob Kenner (Copy)

The Marathon Don't Stop (Copy)

The Marathon Don't Stop (Copy)

Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn (Copy)

Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn (Copy)

Swirling (Copy)

Swirling (Copy)

Imani Kaliid (Copy)

Imani Kaliid (Copy)

There Was Violence (Copy)

There Was Violence (Copy)

Areva Martin (Copy)

Areva Martin (Copy)

Awakening (Copy)

Awakening (Copy)

Tyler Merritt (Copy)

Tyler Merritt (Copy)

I Take My Coffee Black (Copy)

I Take My Coffee Black (Copy)

Jason Mott (Copy)

Jason Mott (Copy)

Hell of a Book (Copy)

Hell of a Book (Copy)

Victoria Christopher Murray (Co-Author) (Copy)

Victoria Christopher Murray (Co-Author) (Copy)

The Personal Librarian (Copy)

The Personal Librarian (Copy)

Yvonne Orji (Copy)

Yvonne Orji (Copy)

Bamboozled by Jesus (Copy)

Bamboozled by Jesus (Copy)

Krina Patel-Sage (Copy)

Krina Patel-Sage (Copy)

My Mindful A to Zen (Copy)

My Mindful A to Zen (Copy)

Jean Perry (Copy)

Jean Perry (Copy)

Mozay of Pepperwick (Copy)

Mozay of Pepperwick (Copy)

Alex Petunia (Copy)

Alex Petunia (Copy)

Tending my Wild (Copy)

Tending my Wild (Copy)

Barbara A. Perkins (Copy)

Barbara A. Perkins (Copy)

Restoration - Seven Promises of God (Copy)

Restoration - Seven Promises of God (Copy)

Gary Phillips (Copy)

Gary Phillips (Copy)

Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem (Copy)

Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem (Copy)

Poet U.B (Copy)

Poet U.B (Copy)

Kolorblind Soul (Copy)

Kolorblind Soul (Copy)

Rene Rawls (Copy)

Rene Rawls (Copy)

Sule The Proverb Detective (Copy)

Sule The Proverb Detective (Copy)

K'Renee (Copy)

Reflecting New Perspectives (Copy)

Reflecting New Perspectives (Copy)

Willa Robinson (Copy)

Willa Robinson (Copy)

52 Ways to Love My Man (Copy)

52 Ways to Love My Man (Copy)

Andrés Sánchez (Copy)

Andrés Sánchez (Copy)

This Body (Copy)

This Body (Copy)

Pamela Samuels Young (Copy)

Pamela Samuels Young (Copy)

Failure to Protect (Copy)

Failure to Protect (Copy)

Don Tate (Copy)

Don Tate (Copy)

Pigskins to Paintbrushes (Copy)

Pigskins to Paintbrushes (Copy)

Felicia Taylor E. (Copy)

Felicia Taylor E. (Copy)

Southern Spiced: A Brown Girl's Tale (Copy)

Southern Spiced: A Brown Girl's Tale (Copy)

Trisha R. Thomas (Copy)

Trisha R. Thomas (Copy)

What Passes as Love (Copy)

What Passes as Love (Copy)

Tara L. Thompson (Copy)

Tara L. Thompson (Copy)

Clara's Curse (Copy)

Clara's Curse (Copy)

Miki Turner (Copy)

Miki Turner (Copy)

journey to the woman i've come to love (Copy)

journey to the woman i've come to love (Copy)

Nicole D. Vick (Copy)

Nicole D. Vick (Copy)

Pushing Through (Copy)

Pushing Through (Copy)

Gregory W. Walton II (Copy)

Gregory W. Walton II (Copy)

Melanin Born Kings (Copy)

Melanin Born Kings (Copy)

Kamisha Wells (Copy)

Kamisha Wells (Copy)

Royal Divazz Kidz (Copy)

Royal Divazz Kidz (Copy)

Binnie Tate Wilkin (Copy)

Binnie Tate Wilkin (Copy)

African American Librarians in the Far West (Copy)

African American Librarians in the Far West (Copy)

conney d. williams (Copy)

conney d. williams (Copy)

The distance of observation (Copy)

The distance of observation (Copy)

Ron Williams (Copy)

The Right Man Business Plan for Women (Copy)

The Right Man Business Plan for Women (Copy)

Saundra Henderson Windom (Copy)

Saundra Henderson Windom (Copy)

Orchestration (Copy)

Orchestration (Copy)

Tina Bell Wright (Copy)

Tina Bell Wright (Copy)

360°: A Blueprint to Black Self-Determination (Copy)

360°: A Blueprint to Black Self-Determination (Copy)

Cynthia Young (Copy)

Cynthia Young (Copy)

Grammy Doesn't Know Me: Alls Hi Mers Took Her Memories (Copy)

Grammy Doesn't Know Me: Alls Hi Mers Took Her Memories (Copy)

Hurston/Wright Foundation 2021 Non-Fiction Writers

Featured

Soyica Diggs Colbert

Soyica Diggs Colbert

Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn

Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn

Derrick Reaves

Featured

Marie Sutton

Leah Tucker

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