Valerie Wilson Wesley

Valerie Wilson Wesley writes mysteries, novels, children’s books and paranormal romances. Her latest mystery, A GLIMMER OF DEATH, her first cozy, will be published in 2021 by Kensington Books. Her eight TAMARA HAYLE MYSTERIES, which include WHEN DEATH COMES STEALING and OF BLOOD AND SORROW, are also published in Germany, Great Britain and France. Her novels include PLAYING MY MOTHER'S BLUES, ALWAYS TRUE TO YOU IN MY FASHION, and AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO for which she received an award for excellence in adult fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She is also a recipient of the Literary Beacon Award from the Go-On Girls Book Club, a national book club. Her work for children includes seven titles in her WILLIMENA RULES ! and the AFRO-BETS BOOK OF BLACK HEROES, which she co-wrote with Wade Hudson, as well as an essay in the critically acclaimed THE TALK: Conversations about Race, Love and Truth edited by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson. Her two paranormal romances WHEN THE NIGHT WHISPERS and THE MOON TELLS SECRETS were written under her pen name Savanna Welles. You can visit Valerie's website at www.valeriewilsonwesley.com to find out more and to read her blog.