STACY-DEANNE (DEE-ANNE): INTERRACIAL ROMANCE/ROMANTIC SUSPENSE/THRILLER AND WOMEN'S FICTION AUTHOR
Stacy-Deanne (Dee-Anne) is a published novelist of interracial romantic suspense and interracial romance novels. She started writing professionally in 1997 when she was nineteen years old. Stacy grew up loving the suspense genre. Her idols are Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock. Her love for Psycho and many of his movies fueled her fire for suspense.
Stacy´s books include Everlasting (Simon and Schuster, 2007), Melody (Simon and Schuster, 2008), Bruised (Sugar and Spice Press, 2014), Captivated (Sugar and Spice Press, 2014), What Grows in the Garden (Sugar and Spice Press, 2014), Empty (Sugar and Spice Press, 2014), Stacy's books have been nominated for numerous awards.
Giving up the Ghost was nominated for a 2011 African-American Literary Award in the Mystery category and 2012 Swirl Award in the Romantic Suspense category. The Swirl awards are dedicated to recognizing authors of interracial and multicultural romance. Giving up the Ghost was a 2012 Top 20 Black Expressions Bestseller.
The Season of Sin was nominated for a 2012 African-American Literary Award in the Mystery Category and was a USA Today Recommended Read.
In 2012, Stacy was also nominated for Best Female author for the first All Things Literary Awards sponsored by OOSA book club. The Season of Sin also made OOSA Book Club's Top 100 Reads of 2012. Stacy won a 2014 Swirl Award for Romantic Suspense.
Stacy is profiled in the NAACP-nominated 2006 book, Literary Divas: The Top 100+ African-American Women in Writing by Heather Convington. She has written for numerous sites and blogs pertain to writing. She contributes to the blog Become a Successful Author and to NINA (Woman 2 Woman Magazine).
Stacy supports all authors and loves writers who venture outside the box. She especially encourages minority writers to be different, follow their hearts and to not let their race pigeonhole them when it comes to their creativity or the books they write.
She was born, raised and currently resides in Houston, Texas.
Q &A with Stacy:
1)Why do you write?
Because it's a part of who I am and yes, it actually makes me happy. I can't see myself doing anything else on this earth and getting the same gratification from it as I do with writing.
2)Why do you write what you write?
I've always been a mystery and suspense buff, and I love interracial romance especially because this is a personal preference.
3) How long have you been writing professionally?
Since 1997. I was 19 years old when I began a career in the industry.
4) Why do you love writing mysteries so much?
They challenge you and I love to be challenged. I love to go on the hunt or search along with a police detective or victim to find the villain. Nothing gets me off like a good mystery novel.
8) Why are your favorite characters villains?
Because villains move the story. I've always been more attracted to darker characters than the good characters. Villains are incredible beings in literature. They keep you guessing and without an authentic, realistic villain in crime fiction, you don't have much of a story.
9) What type of villains do you write about and which are your favorites?
My favorite villains are psychos. I love villains with multiple personalities and mental issues. Norman Bates is my favorite villain because he wasn't one dimensional. He forced you to pity him despite the things he did. I write about every villain or criminal known to man, rapists, stalkers, killers, everything across the board. I especially love to write stalker story lines. They're just the right amount of chill.
12) Other than Hitchcock, who else are your influences?
Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain
13) What is your favorite "dark" novel?
My two favorites are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Portrait of Dorian Gray
14) What is something that readers would be surprised to know about you?
I'm a very tall girl at 6'1
15) What's your favorite type of food?
Seafood and hamburgers
16) What's your favorite treat?
Butter Pecan Ice Cream but I can't have it!
17) You single?
Wouldn't you like to know?
18) Any final words?
Yes, I hope everyone sticks around, reads my books, and comes back and checks on me from time to time.
Stacy´s books include Everlasting (Simon and Schuster, 2007), Melody (Simon and Schuster, 2008), Bruised (Sugar and Spice Press, 2014), Captivated (Sugar and Spice Press, 2014), What Grows in the Garden (Sugar and Spice Press, 2014), Empty (Sugar and Spice Press, 2014), Stacy's books have been nominated for numerous awards.
Giving up the Ghost was nominated for a 2011 African-American Literary Award in the Mystery category and 2012 Swirl Award in the Romantic Suspense category. The Swirl awards are dedicated to recognizing authors of interracial and multicultural romance. Giving up the Ghost was a 2012 Top 20 Black Expressions Bestseller.
The Season of Sin was nominated for a 2012 African-American Literary Award in the Mystery Category and was a USA Today Recommended Read.
In 2012, Stacy was also nominated for Best Female author for the first All Things Literary Awards sponsored by OOSA book club. The Season of Sin also made OOSA Book Club's Top 100 Reads of 2012. Stacy won a 2014 Swirl Award for Romantic Suspense.
Stacy is profiled in the NAACP-nominated 2006 book, Literary Divas: The Top 100+ African-American Women in Writing by Heather Convington. She has written for numerous sites and blogs pertain to writing. She contributes to the blog Become a Successful Author and to NINA (Woman 2 Woman Magazine).
Stacy supports all authors and loves writers who venture outside the box. She especially encourages minority writers to be different, follow their hearts and to not let their race pigeonhole them when it comes to their creativity or the books they write.
She was born, raised and currently resides in Houston, Texas.
Q &A with Stacy:
1)Why do you write?
Because it's a part of who I am and yes, it actually makes me happy. I can't see myself doing anything else on this earth and getting the same gratification from it as I do with writing.
2)Why do you write what you write?
I've always been a mystery and suspense buff, and I love interracial romance especially because this is a personal preference.
3) How long have you been writing professionally?
Since 1997. I was 19 years old when I began a career in the industry.
4) Why do you love writing mysteries so much?
They challenge you and I love to be challenged. I love to go on the hunt or search along with a police detective or victim to find the villain. Nothing gets me off like a good mystery novel.
8) Why are your favorite characters villains?
Because villains move the story. I've always been more attracted to darker characters than the good characters. Villains are incredible beings in literature. They keep you guessing and without an authentic, realistic villain in crime fiction, you don't have much of a story.
9) What type of villains do you write about and which are your favorites?
My favorite villains are psychos. I love villains with multiple personalities and mental issues. Norman Bates is my favorite villain because he wasn't one dimensional. He forced you to pity him despite the things he did. I write about every villain or criminal known to man, rapists, stalkers, killers, everything across the board. I especially love to write stalker story lines. They're just the right amount of chill.
12) Other than Hitchcock, who else are your influences?
Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain
13) What is your favorite "dark" novel?
My two favorites are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Portrait of Dorian Gray
14) What is something that readers would be surprised to know about you?
I'm a very tall girl at 6'1
15) What's your favorite type of food?
Seafood and hamburgers
16) What's your favorite treat?
Butter Pecan Ice Cream but I can't have it!
17) You single?
Wouldn't you like to know?
18) Any final words?
Yes, I hope everyone sticks around, reads my books, and comes back and checks on me from time to time.
