AUTHOR: SANDRA KITT

SANDRA KITT’s first mainstream novel, The COLOR OF LOVE, was released in 1995 from Signet Books. The story was optioned by HBO and LIFETIME from a script by Sandra. SIGNIFICANT OTHERS (Onyx Books) was named among the Top 25 Romances for the 20th Century, and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS (Signet Books) one of the Top 10 Contemporaries for 2000. GIRLFRIENDS, an anthology from HarperCollins, was nominated for the prestigious NAACP Image Award in Fiction.

Sandra was the first black writer to ever publish with Harlequin. She launched the successful Arabesque line, recently acquired by Harlequin and now under the Kimani Press imprint. She is the recipient of two Lifetime Achievement Awards, and the 2002 Service Award from Romance Writers of America.

A native of New York, Sandra holds a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Fine Arts. A one time graphic designer she has exhibited across the U.S. and is in several corporate collections, as well as the Museum of African American Art in L.A. She has designed cards for UNICEP, and illustrated two books for the late science writer, Dr. Isaac Asimov. Sandra is an Adjunct Instructor in Fiction Writing and Publishing, and is a frequent guest speaker. She has lectured at NYU, Penn State, Sarah Lawrence, and Columbia University.

Sandra’s current novel is Celluloid Memories from Arabesque. Home, Sweet Home, a novella, will appear in Bronx Noir from Akashic Press in the fall. She is represented by Lisa Erbach Vance of the Aaron Priest Literary Agency in New York: (212) 818-0344. Email Sandra at: sandikitt@hotmail.com or author@sandrakitt.com. Or write:

Sandra Kitt
P.O. Box 403
Planetarium Station
New York, NY 10024-0403