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I am the third child of Alabama sharecroppers and the first and only member of my family to finish high school. I never attended college or any writing classes. I taught myself how to write and started writing short stories around age four. I spent the first part of my life in Alabama and Ohio and moved to Richmond, California in 1973. I have lived in Oakland since 1984.

My first novel THE UPPER ROOM was published by St. Martin's Press in 1985 and was widely reviewed throughout the U.S. and in Great Britain. An excerpt is included in Terry McMillan's anthology BREAKING ICE. I endured fifteen years and hundreds of more rejection letters before I landed a contract for my second novel, GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY. It was published in October 2000 by Ke ...more

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	God Don't Like Ugly (God Don't Like Ugly, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 10,699 ratings — published 2000 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Wiggins (Lexington, Alabama #1) 4.21 avg rating — 9,910 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Still Don't Like Ugly (God Don't Like Ugly, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 7,455 ratings — published 2003 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Upper Room 4.23 avg rating — 4,230 ratings — published 1986 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Don't Play (God Don't Like Ugly, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 3,822 ratings — published 2006 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empty Vows (Lexington, Alabama #2) 3.79 avg rating — 3,384 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mama Ruby (Mama Ruby, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 2,735 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, Honor, Betray (Lexington, Alabama #3) 4.14 avg rating — 2,382 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Ain't Blind (God Don't Like Ugly, #4) 4.28 avg rating — 2,231 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One House Over (The Neighbors #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,238 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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If Beale Street Could Talk

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Mary Monroe answered Kathy's question: I’m reading the third book of the Lexington, Alabama series and dreading the fourth one ending. Please tell me there are more of these shenanigans to come!?? There will be a total of six books in the Lexington, Ala. series. The first three Mrs. Wiggins, Empty Vows, and Love, Honor, Betray are related, and have some of the same characters. Fourth book, Double Lives, is a stand alone story set in same town, See Full Answer
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Mary Monroe answered Kathy's question:

I’m reading the third book of the Lexington, Alabama series and dreading the fourth one ending. Please tell me there are more of these shenanigans to come!??

There will be a total of six books in the Lexington, Ala. series. The first three Mrs. Wiggins, Empty Vows, and Love, Honor, Betray are related, and have some of the same characters. Fourth book, Double Lives, is a stand alone story set in same town, See Full Answer

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“ignorance is like a cow that a lot of people can't stop milkin!”
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“Life is one game where people don't play fair.”
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“stupidity was an equal opportunity condition.”
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The Upper Room (A Mama Ruby Novel) by Mary Monroe

The Upper Room by Mary Monroe

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Trust by Daines L. Reed

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Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo

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In Search of a Prince (In Search of a Prince, #1) by Toni Shiloh

In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh

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Trust by Daines L. Reed (write-in)

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Upper room (write-in)

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