News & Press

April 8, 2021

Popsugar’s 15 Underrated Mystery and Thriller Novels That (Warning!) Will Make It Hard to Sleep Tonight

March 31, 2021

Stranger Than Fiction: Bigamy, Jealousy, and Foul Play from the Annals of True Crime

March 20, 2021

Nerd Daily Q&A: Shelly Ellis, Author of ‘The Three Mrs. Greys’

Feb. 4, 2021

Crimereads 25+ New Releases from Black Authors to Keep You Reading All Year Long

Oct. 6, 2020

Shelly Ellis on The Business of Writing Podcast

Aug. 28, 2020

Black Writers Weekend Dafina Book Party

May 27, 2018

Women of Color are Under-Represented in Romance Fiction but Oh, So Worth Seeking Out (Daily Kos)

Feb. 7, 2015

NAACP Award Winners announced, Another Woman’s Man receives nomination! (Los Angeles Times)

Nov. 7, 2014

In Loving Color: Diversity in Romance in 2014 (Publishers Weekly)

Sept. 30, 2013

Characters Behaving Badly blog by Samara King

Sept. 24, 2013

On the Hush Author Interview

Sept. 19, 2013

Romance in Color review of The Player & the Game

Aug. 22, 2013

Radio interview with Kimberly Kaye of 96KIX FM

July 15, 2013

Review of The Player in the Game in Publishers Weekly

June 19, 2013

Review of The Player in the Game in the Library Journal

May 27, 2013

Book profile of Can’t Stand the Heat (and moi!) at USA Today Happy Ever After blog.

May 26, 2013

Interview in Kontrol magazine blog

May 7, 2013

Syndicated columnist, Bookworm, recommends Can’t Stand the Heat in Washington Informer

May 3, 2013

Blog post at Jill Archer blog, Writing What You Know… When You Don’t It

April 30, 2013

Interview with Literary Network

April 29, 2013

USA Today lists the May contemporary romances to buy and Can’t Stand the Heat makes the list!

April 21, 2013

Blog post at Dee Writes

April 17, 2013

Blog post at Romance University, How to Survive and Thrive in the Publishing House Slush Pile

April 9, 2013

Interview with All The Buzz Literary Review

Feb. 25, 2013

I’m holding a giveaway contest at Goodreads.com. Those who enter can win one of four signed advanced reader copies of Can’t Stand the Heat.

Feb. 4, 2013

I’m proud to announce that I’m now a blogger for the awesome site, Black Girl Nerds. The site creator, Jamie, is smart and funny and I’m glad to join the fellow nerdettes that contribute to the site (and I get to have a little fun and show off my snarky side.)

Read my first entry, Why Is It Easier to Find A Vampire Than A Black Person in YA Fiction?

Jan. 16, 2013

I’m guest blogging at one of the top sites for writers, Romance University, where I’ll talk about What Will or Won’t Fly in Multicultural Romance.

I interviewed fellow romance authors Cheris Hodges and Phyllis Bourne, as well as my wonderful editor, Mercedes Fernandez, and the ladies kept it real! Stop by to comment!

I also posted “bonus material”: the stuff I didn’t include in the original article, here.

December 2012

Nothing better than a tease! LOL I’ve posted Can’t Stand the Heat – Prologue.

November 2012

Hey! Watch my trailer for the first book in the series, Can’t Stand the Heat.

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