Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins (born 1951) is an American author of historical and romance novels. Quotes A lot of times, as I like to say, I was the only chip in the cookie…I chose to embrace who I am and what I do, and keep my head down and keep writing, and hoped that things would change. But it was lonely in the sense that I was the only. On being the sole African American romance novelist at the start of her career in “Romance Novelist Beverly Jenkins Talks Normalizing Diversity in Her Genre” in Shondaland (2017 Oct 12) I’m still learning, I’m still finding stuff that fascinates me. I’m still putting people out front who I call the “unsung” — those who once had places in history and made a difference, but who have now been forgotten. Because, you know, you bring them back to life [when you write about them], and they live again. On writing about unsung figures in “Romance Novelist Beverly Jenkins Talks Normalizing Diversity in Her Genre” in Shondaland (2017 Oct 12) I enjoy all the different levels of engagement. Whether it’s going to be a slow burn or an instant, raging forest fire depends on the story… On writing about various types of relationships in “Interviews: Beverly Jenkins” in BookPage (2019 May 28) There were never any characters that looked like me or my sisters or my girlfriends…Our stories needed to be told. On becoming an unknowing pioneer in the romance genre in “Interviews: Beverly Jenkins” in BookPage (Feb 2016) External links Category: African Americans Category:Novelists from the United States Category: Living people Category:1951 births Category:People from Detroit Category:Historical novelists