New York Times Bestselling Author, Kimberla Lawson Roby, has published 12 novels. Her debut title, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS was originally self-published through her own company, Lenox Press. Her novels have frequented numerous bestseller lists, including The New York Times and those in The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Essence Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Emerge Magazine, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, The Dallas Morning News, and The Austin Chronicle. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS was the #1 Blackboard Best-selling book for paperback fiction in 1997. In addition, Ms. Roby¿s first novel was nominated for Blackboard¿s 1998 and 1999 Fiction Book of the Year Award, and she received the… Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2001 for CASTING THE FIRST STONE. She is also the 2006 and 2007 recipient of the Author of the Year, Female award presented by the African-American Literary Award Show in New York. She resides in Illinois with her husband, Will.