Biography
Eric Jerome Dickey, a nominee for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, is the author of thirteen novels, including his most recent bestseller SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS. A first for Dickey, he recently published a sequel to SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS, his newest book WAKING WITH ENEMIES. T …
Read moreEric Jerome Dickey, a nominee for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, is the author of thirteen novels, including his most recent bestseller SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS. A first for Dickey, he recently published a sequel to SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS, his newest book WAKING WITH ENEMIES. The book picks up at the cliffhanger ending where SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS left off.
After the success of his first novel, SISTER, SISTER, in 1996, Eric Jerome Dickey has produced a sexy, savvy flow of African American-themed bestsellers, including CHASING DESTINY, GENEVIEVE, DRIVE ME CRAZY, NAUGHTY OR NICE, THE OTHER WOMAN, and THIEVES’ PARADISE.
Dickey was named Author of the Year by the African American Literary Award Show in 2004 and received the Blackboard Book of the Year award for his work CHEATERS in 2000. He is currently developing a six-issue miniseries of comic books for Marvel Enterprises featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. Eric Jerome Dickey is originally from Memphis, Tennessee, and now lives and writes in Los Angeles.
Check out Eric Jerome Dickey’s website at www.ericjeromedickey.com or visit him on myspace at www.myspace.com/ericjeromedickey
Speaking Topics
- An Evening with Eric Jerome Dickey
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