Vanessa Riley, here.
You are powerful, even when you don't feel like a super hero. My goal is to embolden and encourage you through my novels which reclaim and reimagine the true lives of women who dared to dream, explore, and build.
Hello, I am Vanessa Riley, award-winning author, honored as the 2023 Georgia Literary Fiction Author of the Year, spotlight hidden narratives of Black women and women of color in novels like Island Queen and Queen of Exiles. My works emphasize strong sisterhoods, diverse communities, and power across historical fiction, romance, and mystery genres. I've been featured in the AJC, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Publisher Weekly, and the New York Times.
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