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I wasn't seeing black girls in the books I was assigned to read at my school. I was tired of only reading about white…

— Marley Dias

The first black girl book I fell in love with was most likely 'Please, Puppy, Please' by Spike Lee and Tonya Lee.

— Marley Dias

I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

— Christopher Priest

I already optioned a book called The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. I also like The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. And I…

— Viola Davis

As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about…

— Richard Helms

I'm probably the only bestselling author you know who's written more books than she's read.

— Suze Orman

My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought…

— N. K. Jemisin

I always swore I would never write a book. But I read Clare Balding's and it was really interesting and so prettily written and…

— Jennifer Saunders

“I always gave her a book. An old hardback from the same section in the used bookstore where you'd find Hardy Boys and Nancy…

— Peter Heller

I am not a total, complete nitwit when it comes to selling books. I promise you there will be unexpected things. Some of them…

— Mary Matalin

Way back before the 'Alex Barnaby' series was first published, we were talking with Dark Horse then about making it into a graphic novel…

— Janet Evanovich

“Her first digitally published book is The Job Offer.”

— Eleanor Webb