Hello book
lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to
you, New York Times and USA Today best-selling romance, women’s fiction,
suspense, dark fantasy/horror and non-fiction author, L.A. Banks. She
wrote under several pen names: Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Esdaile
Banks, Leslie Banks, and L.A. Banks and won a variety of literary awards
including the 2008 ESSENCE Magazine Storyteller of the Year.
She has written over 12 novellas and 40 novels across various genres. In 2010, Dynamite Entertainment (comic book publishing imprint) acquired the publishing rights of her dark fantasy series: The Vampire Huntress Legends. Additionally, in 2000 Paramount/Showtime gave Banks the contract for her to write a series of books adapted from the hit television series, Soul Food, giving readers a peek into the lives of Teri, Maxine, Bird and their families.
I remembered
meeting Banks many years ago at a writers’ conference when she taught a session
about creative writing. She mentioned she was a hybrid writer (traditionally
and self-published) and that it was the best of both worlds. I’m a big fan of
her Betrayal of the Trust suspense series: Betrayal of the Trust,
Blind Trust, Shattered Trust and No Trust. Although she is gone, she will
definitely not be forgotten for the trailblazer that she was (1959 - 2011).
WRITING TIP:
When writing series novels remember to open with an inciting event and create a
world where readers long to return to filled with key characters whose
backstories are revealed gradually.
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