The Writer Who Creates Romances For An American History That Actually Happened

Beverly Jenkins' books teach the history between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement - almost all with romance as the focus. But she's a little tired of the miscategorization of her books. She says, "African-American is not a genre! When they put us on a separate shelf, it cuts down on discoverability for people who may be white and looking for a good book. So when people say, ‘I don’t know if I can relate to that,’ I think, ‘But you relate to werewolves and vampires and shape-shifters and all kinds of other craziness. Why can’t you relate to people who are a different race?’"

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