MARY MONROE
My first novel THE UPPER ROOM was published by St. Martin's Press in 1985 and was widely reviewed throughout the U.S. and in Great Britain. An excerpt is included in Terry McMillan's anthology BREAKING ICE. I endured fifteen years and hundreds of rejection letters before I landed a contract for my second novel, GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY which was published in October 2000 by Kensington Books. GOD DON'T PLAY is my seventh novel to be published, and it landed me a spot on the prestigious New York Times Bestsellers list for the first time! My first E-book CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET was published September 2016. My twenty third novel ONE HOUSE OVER was released March 2018, and my Christmas novella REMEMBRANCE was released September 2018. My 2019 novels Over The Fence was release March and my Christmas novel RIGHT BESIDE YOU was released September 2019. My 2020 Novels; ACROSS THE WAY was released March 31st, and my third Christmas
novella, THE GIFT OF FAMILY, was released September 29th. 2021 novels, Mrs. Wiggins was released March 2021. My fourth Christmas novella, Once In A Lifetime, was released September 2021.
Empty Vows was released March 29, 2022. My latest novelDouble Lives was released March 2024, and my new novel Bent But Not Broken will be released March 25, 2025
In 2001 I won the Oakland Pen Award for Best Fiction of the Year for GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY, and in 2004 I won the Best Southern Author Award for GONNA LAY DOWN MY BURDENS. In 2016 I received the Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2017 I received the J. California Copper Memorial Award. I am single, and love to travel, and love to interact with other authors. My passions are writing and reading. Most of my writing ideas stems from current events and the people in my life, yet most of my material is autobiographical. I enjoy reading anything written by Ernest Gaines, Stephen King, Alice Walker, and James Patterson.
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