![]() ![]() Her mother read to Jenkins while she was in the womb and bought her cloth books when she was a baby. Jenkins was born in Detroit in 1951 to her parents, a high school teacher and an administrative aide. Jenkins studied at Michigan State University as a Journalism and English Literature major. This made it difficult to break into publishing because publishers weren't sure what to do with stories that involved African-Americans but not slavery. ![]() Jenkins's historical romances are set during a period of African-American history that she believes is often overlooked. ![]() Jenkins was a 2013 NAACP Image Award nominee and, in 1999, was voted one of the Top 50 Favorite African-American writers of the 20th century by the African American Literature Book Club. Beverly Jenkins (born 1951, Detroit) is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels with a particular focus on 19th century African-American life. ![]()
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