Mary Monroe, the daughter of sharecroppers, is the author of the award-winning and New York Times bestselling God series that includes God Don't Like Ugly and God Don't Make No Mistakes, among other novels. Winner of the AAMBC Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award and the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, Mary Monroe currently lives in Oakland, California, and loves to hear from her readers via e-mail at AuthorAuthor5409@aol.com. Visit Mary's website at MaryMonroe.org.
Praise for Mary Monroe Drama, suspense, small town charm...Mary Monroe packed it all into the finale of her beloved Neighbors series that transports readers back to 1930s Alabama. --Woman's World on Across the Way Monroe brings her exciting Neighbors trilogy to a dramatic and memorable conclusion, as she explores how social tension and conflict complicate jealousy and romance in an African American enclave in a small Alabama town during the Great Depression. --Booklist on Across the Way In this first volume of her new series, New York Times bestselling author Monroe convincingly portrays a time and place where desperation is the norm. --Library Journal on One House Over A very believable portrayal of the African American experience in a hard place at a hard time. --Historical Novels Review on One House Over Mary Monroe is an exceptional writer and phenomenal storyteller! --Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times bestselling author on One House Over Mary Monroe is a fantastic writer and has a real knack for creating characters with substance and dimension. --This Black Girl Reads on Over the Fence Monroe brings the Deep South Prohibition-era world to life in a captivating tale of greed and consequences and primes readers to find out what happens among these complicated neighbors in the next book. --Booklist on Over the Fence The holidays can bring the kind of chaos, good and bad, that occupies your brain. It's easy to forget to bring your gratitude. Remembrance has that covered. --The Philadelphia Tribune Joyce believes she'd found the perfect man in Odell, but secrets and betrayals threaten their happiness, and send ripples throughout their neighborhood. Mary Monroe deftly captures the steamy intrigues of her characters' complicated lives in this Depression-era story that readers will find impossible to put down. --Susan Holloway Scott, author of I, Eliza Hamilton, on One House Over