August Local Featured Author: Shelia E. Bell

Shelia E. Bell, formerly known as “Shelia E. Lipsey” and also known as God’s Amazing Girl, is a nationally acclaimed, multi-award winning author with fifteen titles to her credit thus far. She was bestowed the 2013 OOSA Book Club Female Author of the Year Award; 2012 Disilgold Magazine Editor’s Choice Book Award for four of her ten titles; nominated for a 2013 and 2012 Christian Literary Award by Joy and Company; recipient of 2011 Book Clubs Unite Literary Award; 2011 Kindle Awards for Literary Contribution; 2010 Pink Diamond Literary Award; 2009 SORMAG Readers’ Choice Awards for My Son’s Wife, 2009 Black Pearls Magazine Top Book Shelf Award, 2009 Urban Reviews Top Shelf Award and 2008 Author of the Year by Conversations Book Club.
Shelia is the founder of BWABC (Black Writers And Book Clubs) Literacy Festival (www.bwabcliteracyfestival.com), Memphis African American Writers Group (MAAW) as well as an acquisitions editor for Bonita And Hodge Publishing Group, LLC (www.bonitaandhodgepublishing.com). She is a much sought after inspirational speaker who shares messages of empowerment and overcoming obstacles with audiences all over the USA.

Shelia has penned the following novels: Into Each Life, Sinsatiable, Beautiful Ugly (Indie #1 National Bestseller); True Beauty (sequel to Beautiful Ugly); What’s Blood Got To Do With It?;Always, Now and Forever Love Hurts , Bended Knees (Anthology) and a nonfiction book entitled A Christian’s Perspective—A Journey Through Grief. The My Son Series includes the following titles:My Son’s Wife; My Son’s Ex-Wife-The Aftermath; My Son’s Next Wife, My Sister, My Momma, My Wife and My Wife My Baby…And Him. She recently released her first teen book ‘House of Cars’. Contact her at books@sheliaebell.net. Twitter: @sheliaebell or LIKE her on Facebook at Shelia E. Bell. Ms. Bell is our local featured author for August.

We hope that you can join us for this month’s Meet-Up on Saturday August 16th from 4-6 at Panera Bread, 4530 Poplar Avenue in the Laurelwood Shopping Center. Our featured selection will be “What’s Done in the Dark” by ReShonda Tate Billingsley. As usual great food, great door prizes and great company! You’re in for a great time as always.