VALERIE
WILSON WESLEY
Valerie Wilson Wesley is the author of the Tamara Hayle mystery
series. Her latest mystery, No Hiding Place,
was published in hardcover last fall by G.P. Putnam's. Where
Evil Sleeps, came out in paperbook from Avon. Devil's
Gonna Get Him (July 1995) and When Death
Comes Stealing (June 1994), are both now available
in paperback and have placed highly on several bestseller lists. They have
also been published in Great Britain, France and
Germany, and television and film rights for the first three books have
been purchased. Ms. Wesley is also the author of Freedom's
Gifts: A Juneteenth Story, which is a picture book
for children and the young adult novel Where
Do I
Go From Here (Scholastic,
November l993) for which she received an ALA Best Book for Reluctant
Readers citation. She is formerly executive editor and currently a contributing
editor of ESSENCE magazine.
Ms. Wesley's
fiction and nonfiction for both adults and children have appeared in many
publications, including Essence, Family Circle, TV Guide, Ms, Creative
Classroom, and The New York Times. She is a 1993 recipient of the
Griot Award from the New York Chapter of the National Association of
Black Journalists.