Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Have Book, Will Travel....

I'm looking to secure speaking engagement dates with libraries and universities/colleges in 2011.
So I am posting my CV......Feel free to pass it on!

Bernice L. McFadden


Published Works

Glorious. Akashic Books, 2010 (USA)

Nowhere is a Place. Dutton Books, 2006 (USA)

Camilla’s Roses. Dutton Books, 2004 (USA)

Loving Donovan. Dutton Books, 2003 (USA)

This Bitter Earth. Dutton Books, 2002 (USA)

The Warmest December Dutton Books, 2001 (USA)

Sugar. Dutton Books, 2000 (USA)



Writing as Geneva Holliday:

Lover Man. Broadway Books, 2009 (USA)

Seduction. Broadway Books, 2008 (USA)

Heat. Broadway Books, 2007 (USA)

Fever. Broadway Books, 2006 (USA)

Groove. Broadway Books, 2005 (USA)






Short Fiction


“Black Power” On The Line. Donna Hill, ed. Sepia Books, 2008 (USA)

“Sit” Brown Sugar II. Carol Taylor, ed. Washington Square Press 2003 (USA)

**Reprinted in The Best American Erotica 2005. Susie Bright, ed. Touchstone Press, 2005 (USA)

“One Night Stand” Black Silk. Retha Powers, ed. Warner Books 2002 (USA)

“Luscious” Gumbo: A Literary Rent Party. Marita Golden, ed. Doubleday, 2002 (USA)

“Keeper of Keys” USA Today Open Book Series. July 2001 (USA)


Creative Non-Fiction

“Black Writers in a Ghetto of the Publishing Industry’s Making,” The Washington Post. June 26th, 2010

“The Power of Prayer.” Black Pain. Terrie Williams, ed. Scribner, 2008 (USA)

“Superman Has His Cape.” The Washington Post, March 19th, 2006

“Forward, Prologue & Preface.” Black Boy. Richard Wright, Everbind Anthologies, 2003 (USA)



Awards and Honors

2010 New York Times Book Review (Glorious)
2010 Debut Selection for The One Book, One Harlem Program (Glorious)
2010 O Magazine “Book to Watch” (Glorious)
2010 Historical Novel Society “Editor’s Choice” (Glorious)
2007 Short-listed for the Hurston Wright Legacy Award in Fiction (Nowhere is a Place)
2007 National Book Club Conference BeBe Moore Campbell Memorial Literary Award
2006 Washington Post Best Fiction (Nowhere is a Place)
2004 Subject of The Lifetime Television 20th Anniversary Commercial
2004 Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Fiction Honor Award (Loving Donovan)
2002 Nominated for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (The Warmest December)
2002 Short-listed for the Hurston Wright Legacy Award in Fiction (The Warmest December)
2002 Zora Neale Hurston Society Award for Creative Contribution to Literature
2001 Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Fiction Honor Award (Sugar)
2001 Black Writer’s Alliance, Gold Pen Award, Best Mainstream Fiction (Sugar)
2001 Black Writer’s Alliance, Gold Pen Award, Best New Author
2001 Go On Girl Book Club New Author of the Year Award (Sugar)
2000 New York Times Book Review (Sugar)
2000 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writer’s (Sugar)


Selected Speaking Engagements

Columbia University, NYC, NY

The Center for Fiction, NYC, NY

New York University, NYC, NY

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Savannah State University, Savannah, GA

Fordham University, NYC, NY

Long Island College, Brooklyn, NY

Calabash Literary Festival, Jamaica, West Indies

National Black Book Club Conference, Atlanta, GA

Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY

Langston Hughes Library, Corona, NY

Southfield Public Library, Southfield. MI



Fellowships

MacDowell Colony Fellow (2005)



Other Professional Experience

2010 – Presenter, African American Literary Awards Show in the category of Christian Fiction

2008 – Judge, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in the category of Fiction







  • Bernice L. McFadden
  • 1 comments:

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