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An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey (From Virginia DeBerry)
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Two lovely new reviews from Amazon.com!
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Forge on ladies you've done this before and you can do it again, and you'll do so with the style and grace we your family, friends, readers, & fans know that you possess. Have fun. Perhaps you can post photos and let us guess where you are or what y…
We are 10 days past publication and on another countdown of sorts.
The book tour launch sequence has begun and “there’s no stoppin’ us now!” Since our first official event, a party and book signing for about 150 Monday night, we have been
prepping…
I am so looking forward to reading this.
It Happened on MondayDONNAIt happened on Monday. I was taking a shower when it hit. Yes, it was 2:30 in the afternoon. I hadn’t been away from the computer until then. I made myself get up because Virginia and I needed to get to the post office. And…
The first article about us as authors, back when we wrote Exposures as Marie Joyce, appeared in a newspaper called The New York Press. It was generated because WE sent out a press release. We had had a great editor, but there was no publicity or mar…
Yesterday, we received and answered one hundred and four book related emails, text and voice messages. That doesn’t count reader email—just the ones having to do with the impending publication of Uptown, our seventh novel. [We are best friends who’v…
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- Relationship Status:
- It's Complicated
- About Me:
- It's only complicated because there are two of us! Donna's married, Virginia's single. We are best friends and the author of 6 novels: Exposures, Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made, Far From the Tree, Better Than I Know Myself, Gotta Keep on Tryin', What Doesn't Kill You (Jan '09).
- Hometown:
- NJ/NY (North Brunswick & Brooklyn)
- Education:
- College + Barnard & NYU (Donna) Fisk & SUNY at Buffalo (Virginia)
- Children:
- Not a one
- Interests:
- (DONNA-football, tennis, cello, acoustic guitar), Latin ballroom dancing, jazz (not the smooth kind), eating wonderful food with great friends, travel, cocktails, (DONNA camping), modern dance, flea markets, shopping for bargains, shoes, travel, great books, movies–esp. old ones and (VIRGINIA musicals), (VIRGINIA cooking), good conversation, solid debate, clothes/fashion, cars, wine--(not to be confused with cocktails!)
- Favorite Movies:
- This is only a partial list--and it's in no particular order.
Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made (we’re workin’ on it!), Network, East of Eden, Key Largo, Desk Set, Adam and Eve, The Women, The Godfather, The Hustler, Twelve Angry Men, From the Terrace, The Graduate, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Birdcage, A Few Good Men, As Good as it Gets, Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom, Groundhog Day, The Days of Wine and Roses, Shaft, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Odd Couple, The Philadelphia Story, For Love of Ivy, Gigi, Claudine, Sunset Boulevard, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Shopgirl, Chinatown, Calamity Jane, Eve’s Bayou, The Magnificent Seven, Carmen Jones, Dirty Harry, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (and all the rest of the Clint Eastwood spaghetti western canon), The Bridges of Madison County, The Usual Suspects, La Dolce Vita, One True Thing, Daughters of the Dust, American Beauty, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Foreign Correspondent, Citizen Kane, The Killing Fields, The Apartment, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Towering Inferno, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Lilies of the Field, Ferris Beuler’s Day Off, In the Heat of the Night, To Sir With Love, Harry Potter (all), Cooley High, Jaws, The Sting, Excalibur, Strangers on a Train, Some Like it Hot, ET, Star Wars (the original trilogy), Three Days of the Condor, Casablanca, Singin’ in the Rain,
- Favorite TV Shows:
- The Closer, Saving Grace, House, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Barefoot Contessa, Family Guy, Antiques Roadshow, NCIS
- Favorite Books
- Only a Partial List
All of Ours, The Brothers Grimm, Beverly Cleary, Beatrix Potter, Alice in Wonderland ---Lewis Caroll, Heidi-, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, The Iliad, The Odyssey and all of Greek mythology, The Hardy Boys-Franklin Dixon, Nancy Drew-- Carolyn Keene, The entire Beany Malone series —Lenora Mattingly Webber, Peyton Place, Marjorie Morningstar, The Thorn Birds, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Native Son, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Go Tell it on the Mountain, The Sun Also Rises, The Great Gatsby, The Pearl, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice & Men, The Call of the Wild, Cannery Row, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, The Brothers Karamazov, Dr. Zhiavago, Anna Karenenia, Vanity Fair, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, Light in August, The Three Musketeers, Invisible Man, Agatha Christie, Native Son, Black Boy, Sherlock Holmes, Robert Ludlum, Danielle Steele, A Woman of Substance-Barbara Taylor Bradford, Judith Krantz, Kane and Abel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Thirteenth Tale, Gloria Naylor, The Sound and the Fury, The House of the Seven Gables, A Tale of Two Cities, Roots, Baby of the Family, The Hand I Fan With, Shogun, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide,
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- http://deberryandgrant.com
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We are 10 days past publication and on another countdown of sorts.
The book tour launch sequence has begun and “there’s no stoppin’ us now!” Since our first official event, a party and book signing for about 150 Monday night, we have been
prepping fo
Posted on March 11, 2010 at 6:20pm — 1 Comment
It Happened on Monday--Countdown to Publication "0" Days
It Happened on Monday
DONNA
It happened on Monday. I was taking a shower when it hit. Yes, it was 2:30 in the afternoon. I hadn’t been away from the computer until then. I made myself get up because Virginia and I needed to get to the post office. And I really needed a shower—Trust me.
So I soaped up some essent… Continue
DONNA
It happened on Monday. I was taking a shower when it hit. Yes, it was 2:30 in the afternoon. I hadn’t been away from the computer until then. I made myself get up because Virginia and I needed to get to the post office. And I really needed a shower—Trust me.
So I soaped up some essent… Continue
Posted on March 2, 2010 at 6:55pm —
From Shewrites.com, The Top 10 Signs that We are Within a Week of Publication
The first article about us as authors, back when we wrote Exposures as Marie Joyce, appeared in a newspaper called The New York Press. It was generated because WE sent out a press release. We had had a great editor, but there was no publicity or marketing budget for that book. Hell, our entry level—read minute—advance (divided in half, pa… Continue
Posted on February 24, 2010 at 11:29am —
Our story of the path to Uptown's release on Shewrites.com
Yesterday, we received and answered one hundred and four book related emails, text and voice messages. That doesn’t count reader email—just the ones having to do with the impending publication of Uptown, our seventh novel. [We are best friends who’ve been co-writing women’s fiction for twenty of our twenty seven years of friendship.
… Continue Posted on February 15, 2010 at 8:27pm —
First review for Uptown
Publisher's Weekly likes it!! Yea!!!
FICTION REVIEWS Publisher's Weekly 1/4/10
Uptown Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant. Touchstone, $14.99 paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-4391-3776-5
DeBerry and Grant (Exposures) continue both their ongoing love affair with Harlem and the story of the Dixon real estate empire in this smart and compelling tale of how selfishness and avarice can destroy a family’s work and reputation. Dwight Dixon takes the reins from his elderly father, “King” Dixon, moving the famil… Continue
FICTION REVIEWS Publisher's Weekly 1/4/10
Uptown Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant. Touchstone, $14.99 paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-4391-3776-5
DeBerry and Grant (Exposures) continue both their ongoing love affair with Harlem and the story of the Dixon real estate empire in this smart and compelling tale of how selfishness and avarice can destroy a family’s work and reputation. Dwight Dixon takes the reins from his elderly father, “King” Dixon, moving the famil… Continue
Posted on January 5, 2010 at 1:24pm — 1 Comment
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- At 3:17pm on February 19, 2009,
Dayna said… - well ladies it's only the middle of Feb. but i have already read the March book selection for my book club-YOUR BOOK!!!!! and i loved it! if it ever becomes a movie...i want to be the first to go on record as saying....please have a contest to see which one of your fans get's to come to the premiere and then rig the contest so i can win!!!! i love u ladies so much and if u EVER get within an hour drive of where i live, u will find out just how excited i get when i'm face to face with greatness!!!
- At 11:05pm on January 3, 2009,
Dayna said…
- i'm listening to your radio interview right now, i would love for you to come to FLORIDA!!!! i'm real excited about the new movie "Far from the Tree"!!! just heard you say it! I can't wait to read 'What Doesn't Kill You'..it's our book club selection for March, but i'm reading it early......love you ladies!!!!!
- At 2:13pm on August 11, 2008,
workingdee said… - Thanks for inviting me to this great site!
- At 3:53am on July 27, 2008,
Ms Stacie Phillips said… - And that too old thing. please theres no such thing! My mother is a mother of 9 and she just finished her residency last month and is now a doctor at the tender age of 51!!!
- At 3:51am on July 27, 2008,
Ms Stacie Phillips said…
- I Love Your Books!!!
- At 10:02am on July 23, 2008,
Sheree Brown said… - Thanks for informing me of this fabulous website.
- At 3:53pm on July 22, 2008,
Virginia & Donna said…
- We couldn't agree more!
- At 11:45pm on June 9, 2008,
Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke said… - Welcome. I gotta check out your books.
- At 9:37pm on June 9, 2008,
Cee Cee said… - Welcome Ladies,
I am sure that many of the sisters are fans of your books just like I am. I know that Queens plays a pivotal role in the backstory of your characters so I am sending you an invite to join the Queens connection too.
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