Romance/
Love Stories

*Alers, Rochelle
*Allen, Robin Hampton
*Ansa, Tina McElroy  
*Bailey-Williams, Nicole
*Berry, Bertice
*Boles, Philana Marie
*Briscoe, Connie  
*Bryant-Woolridge, Lori
*Buckhanon, Keisha
*Burley, Charlotte
*Butler, Tajuana 
*Chiles, Nick
*Coakley-Thompson, Wendy  
*Davis, Kyra
*Day, Desiree
*Esdaile, Leslie
*Everett, Percival
*Files, Lolita
*Forster, Gwynne
*George, Nelson
*Glass, Seressia
*Guillaume, Geri
*Guy, Rosa 
*Hardy, James Earl
*Harris, E. Lynn
*Harvey, Shelia Dansby
*Howard, Tracie
*Hunt, LaJill
*Hunter, Angel
*Hunter, Travis
*Jackson, Edwardo
*Jackson, Sheneska
*Jenkins, Beverly
*Joe, Yolanda
*Johnson, Guy
*Johnson, R. M.
*Johnson, Shawne
*Jones, Patricia
*Jones, Tayari
*Joseph, Dwayne S.
*King-Gamble, Marcia
*Kitt, Sandra 
*Lambright, Slim
*Lee, Darrien
*Little, Benilde
*Major, Devorah
*Major, Marcus
*Marshall, Paule
*Manees, Raynetta
*Mason, Felicia
*Mason, J. D.
*McFadden, Bernice L.
*McGlothin, Victor
*McLarin, Kim
*McMillan, Rosalyn
*Michaels, Cherlyn
*Miller, Karen E. Quinones
*Millner, Denene
*Mitchell, Sharon
*Morrison, Mary
*Murray, Albert 
*Naylor, Gloria
*Neff, Heather
*Parks, Electa Rome
*Perry, Phyllis Alesia
*Phillips, Debra
*Price-Thompson, Tracy
*Raboteau, Emily
*Ray, Francis
*Reid, Maryann
*Richardson, Brenda 
*Robinson, C. Kelly
*Robotham, Rosemarie
*Scott, Sophfronia
*Sewell, Earl
*Smith, Andrea
*Snoe, Eboni
*Stimpson, Michelle
*Stovall, Taressa
*Swindle, Renee
*Talbert, David
*Thomas, Brenda, L.
*Thomas, Trisha
*Turnipseed, Erica
*Vernon, Olympia
*Williams, Tia
*Whitfield, Van
*Wright, Bil

Science Fiction/
Fantasy

*Barnes, Steven
*Butler, Octavia
*Clifford, A. A.
*Due, Tananarive  
*Gomez, Jewelle
*Hopkinson, Nalo
*Williams, Billy Dee

Historical

*Bradley, David
*Bryant, Linda Allen
*Carter, Vincent O.
*Cary, Lorene
*Chase-Riboud, Barbara
*Cooper, J California
*Crafts, Hannah
*Davis, Thulani
*Dexter, Pete
*Durham, David
*French, Albert
*Gurley-Highgate, Hilda
*Haley, Alex
*Jenkins, Beverly  
*Johnson, Charles R.
*Leanne, Shelly
*McFadden, Bernice L.
*McKinney-Whetstone, Diane
*Nelscott, Kris
*Nicholas, Denise
*Phillips, Delores
*Rawles, Nancy
*Reynolds, April
*Rhodes, Jewell Parker
*Ridley, John
*Robbins, David
*Rutland, Eva
*Sharp, Priscilla
*Straight, Susan
*Tademy, Lalita

Mystery/
Suspense

*Ball, John Dudley
*Bland, Eleanor Taylor
*Brown, Elaine Meryl
*Bunkley, Anita Richmond
*Carter, Stephen
*Chambers, Christopher
*Darden, Christopher  
*DeLoach, Nora  
*Ewing, Rita
*Ford, Clyde W.
*George, Nelson
*Greer, Robert O.
*Haywood, Gar Anthony
*Hill, Ernest   
*Howard, Tracie
*Hunt, James Patrick
*Johnson, Mat
*Jossel, Joylynn M.
*Karp, Larry
*Lamar, Jake
*Lovell, Glenville
*Luckett, Jonathan
*Mallette, Gloria
*Moody, Bill  
*Mosley, Walter 
*Neely, Barbara 
*Neff, Heather
*Nelscott, Kris
*Pate, Alexs
*Pelecanos, George P..
*Perrin, Kayla
*Robinson, Cheryl
*Smith, Ian
*Thomas, Trisha
*Thomas-Graham, Pamela
*Walker, Blair
*Wesley, Valerie Wilson  
*West, Chassie 
*Whitehead, Colson

Christian Fiction

*Austin, Lynn
*Bible, Montie
*Billingsley, Reshonda
*Bowen, Michele Andrea
*Candis, Judy
*Forster, Sharon Ewell
*G’Orge-Walker, Pat
*Griggs, Vanessa Davis
*Hendricks, Obery
*Huges, Langston
*Jackson, Derek
*Jakes, T. D.
*Jarrett, Norma L.
*Leanne, Shelly
*Mason, Felicia
*Murray, Victoria
*Ray, Francis
*Ruiz, Xenia
*Stimpson, Michelle
*Thomas, Jacquelin
*Warren, Tiffany

Urban/
Street Lit

*Clark, Wahida
*Dickey, Eric Jerome
*Ervin, Keisha
*Foxx, Nina
*Goines, Donald
*Holmes, Shannon
*Hunt, LaJill
*Jackson, Brenda
*Jones, Solomon
*Joseph, Dwayne   
*Lennox, Lisa
*Miller, Karen E. Quinones
*Moore, Y. Blak
*Noire
*Phillips, Gary
*Poole, Daaimah
*Relentless Aaron
*Sapphire
*Sister Souljah
*Stringer, Vicki
*Souljah, Sister
*Stringer, Vickie M.
*Turner, Nikki
*Tyree, Omar 
*Weber, Carl
*Woods, Teri
*Zane

Fiction

*Achebe, Chinua  
*Adichie, Chimananda
*Baingana, Doreen
*Baisden, Michael
*Baldwin, James
*Bandele, Asha
*Banks, Leslie
*Bates, Karen Grigsby
*Beatty, Paul
*Berry, Venise
*Bigsby, C. W. E.
*Black, Daniel
*Bland, Eleanor
*Brashler, Willaim
*Brown, Parry A.
*Buckley, Michelle
*Bunkley, Anita Richmond
*Campbell, Bebe Moore
*Chambers, Veronica
*Channer, Colin
*Childress, Alice
*Clair, Maxine
*Clarke, Breena    
*Clarke, John Henrik  
*Clay, Stanley
*Cleage, Pearl 
*Conde, Maryse
*Cooper, J California
*Copeland, Sheila
*Cuthbert, Margaret
*Daniels, Angie
*Danticat, Edwidge
*Dark
*Datcher, Michael 
*Davis, Bridgett M.
*Davis, Joyce   
*Davis, Lexi
*Deberry, Virginia
*Dexter, Pete
*Diggs, Anita Doreen
*Dongala, Emmanuel
*Dove, Rita
*Dow, Candice
*Dunbar, Paul Laurence
*Dyja, Thomas
*Edwards, Louis
*Ellis, Erika
*Ellison, Ralph
*Everett, Percival
*Farley, Christopher  
*Files, Lolita
*Ford, Darnella
*Ford, Wallace
*Foxx, Nina
*Fuller, Jack 
*Gaines, Ernest  
*Glover, Bonnie J.
*Grau, Shirley Ann
*Green, Carmen
*Gregory, Tamara
*Griffin, Bettye
*Haley, Alex
*Hall, Rachel Howzell
*Hardwick, Gary
*Harris, E. Lynn
*Haynes, David
*Haulsey, Kuwana
*Henderson, Sherrance
*Henry, Angela
*Hill, Donna O.
*Holliday, Geneva
*Hunter, Travis
*Hurston, Zora Neale
*Jackson, Brian
*Jackson-Opoku, Sandra
*James, Marlon
*Jasper, Kenji
*Johnson, Freddie
*Johnson-Hodge, Margaret
*Jones, Edward P.
*Jones, Gayl
*Kalam, Murad  
*Kennedy, Erica
*Kincaid, Jamaica
*Lattany, Kristin Hunter
*LaValle, Victor
*Lee, Tonya Lewis
*Lockhart, Zelda
*Mansbach, Adam    
*McBride, James
*McFadden, Bernice L.
*McMillan, Rosalyn
*McMillan, Terry
*McNeal, Mallori
*McPherson, James A.
*Mda, Zakes
*Miasha
*Miller, Susan Beth
*Monroe, Mary
*Morris, Janine A.
*Morrison, Toni
*Morrow, Kieran
*Mowry, Jess
*Nailah, Anika
*Neff, Heather
*Nelson, Jill
*Nunez, Elizabeth
*Odhiambo, David N.
*Ojikutu, Bayo
*Oyeyemi, Helen
*Packer, ZZ
*Pate, Alexs  
*Pelecanos, George P.
*Phillips, Caryl
*Powell, Jacqueline
*Price-Thompson, Tracy
*Ray, Francis
*Rhodes, Evie
*Roby, Kimberla 
*Rux, Carl
*Sandford, Juliet
*Shange, Ntozake
*Simmons, Danny
*Sinclair, April
*Singleton, Elyse
*Southgate, Martha
*Spencer, Camika
*Smith, Danyel
*Smith, Zadie
*Spencer, Camika
*Stetson, Jeff
*Story, Rosalyn
*Tervalon, Jervey
*Toure
*Walker, Alice
*Walker, Margaret
*West, Dorothy 
*Whitehead, Colson
*Williams, Gregory
*Wilson, Harriet
*Winer, Andrew
*Woodson, Jacqueline
*Wright, Richard  
*Youngblood, Shay