Adrianne Byrd

Adrianne Janette Byrd (born November 23, 1970) is a best-selling African-American author of more than 50 romance novels. Her most widely held book, The Beautiful ones, is in more than 400 WorldCat libraries.[1]

Biography

Byrd was born in Memphis, Tennessee into a military family. She traveled throughout Europe as a child. Byrd's older brother introduced her to romance novels when she was thirteen years of age, and she developed an interest in fiction writing.

Career

In 1994 a co-worker introduced Byrd to an article on Romance Writers of America. By 1996, she sold her first novel, Defenseless, to Kensington Publishing. In 2006 she co-wrote the Hoodwives trilogy under the name De'nesha Diamond. Subsequently she has written the bestselling (Hood) Divas series.

National publications, including Today’s Black Woman, Upscale, and Heart and Soul have featured her work. She has won local awards for screenwriting as well.

In 2014, Byrd lives in Georgia, USA. She writes as De’nesha Diamond[2] for the Hoodwives and Divas series. She has also written as Layla Jordan and A.J. Byrd.

Awards

RT Awards

RT Awards are awarded by Romantic Times Magazine

Emma Awards, awarded by Romance Slam Jam organization

Romance in Color Reader’s Choice Awards

Shade’s of Romance

Bibliography:

As Denesha Diamond

As Layla Jordan

As A.J. Byrd

References

External links

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