Stacy Hawkins Adams is a nationally acclaimed author, speaker and freelance journalist whose novels help readers laugh, heal and seek to lead more meaningful lives.  Her contemporary women's fiction infuses faith, social issues and personal themes with creative plots. As her characters navigate life, they wind up understanding themselves, and God, better.

A former reporter and columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Stacy now freelances for a variety of mainstream and faith-based publications. Her work has appeared in the AARP Bulletin, Gospel Today and Heart & Soul magazines, and on www.Crosswalk.com. She publishes a nationally-distributed electronic newsletter called Life Untapped™ that highlights inspirational fiction and nonfiction authors and writing industry news each month. She also pens an online parenting column for Virginia Governor Tim Kaine's Smart Beginnings initiative and writes Life Notes, a bi-monthly newspaper column for busy mothers.

Stacy regularly appears on national and local radio programs to discuss the themes of self-acceptance, forgiveness and unconditional love that provide the foundation for her novels. Her journalistic work has allowed her to serve as an occasional broadcast reporter, and she has been a featured guest on the Montel Williams Show.

She holds an undergraduate degree in journalism and continues to hone her writing skills through various journalistic and creative writing seminars, including the Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University. She is the founding president of the Richmond affiliate of the American Christian Fiction Writers.

Stacy is also an inspirational speaker who shares with corporate, civic, college and faith-based audiences messages designed to help them pursue their life's purpose with more faith and confidence.

When she's not writing or speaking, she devotes considerable time to promoting youth literacy and other child advocacy endeavors.  A native of Arkansas, Stacy and her husband live in suburban Richmond, Virginia with their two children. She recently completed a fourth novel, which is slated for release in early 2009.
 

Dreams That Won't Let Go: A Novel
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Revell (January 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800732685
ISBN-13: 978-0800732684

Book 3 in the The Jubilant Soul Series

Indigo Burns is excited. Her wedding preparations to the man of her dreams are under way, her career as a photographer is a success, and her family seems to be doing better than ever--all except her brother Reuben who nobody has seen in years. But that's about to change, because Reuben has decided to move back home to Jubilant, Texas. But Reuben's hope to find healing with his sisters doesn't seem to be working. Soon enough their lives intersect in dramatic, sometimes painful, and ultimately healing ways.

This insightful novel by an Essence bestselling author will pull in women readers from the urban market and beyond.

Worth a Thousand Words: A Novel
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Revell (July 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800732677
ISBN-13: 978-0800732677

Book 2 in the The Jubilant Soul Series

Her future was just coming into focus. But what will she do when everything becomes a blur?

Indigo Burns’s life is going according to plan. She possesses the ambition and talent to be a professional photographer, and she thanks God for all the blessings that surround her. Now, all at once, Indigo’s family life, love life, and hopes for success have flipped upside down. Indigo loves the Lord, but can she trust him to work his plan in her life?

Worth a Thousand Words dramatically explores the tough decisions one woman must make in the world of love, relationships, and career. Will Indigo find the courage to face her own truths—and accept those being harbored by the people she loves most? Either way, she risks losing everything she’s ever wanted.

The Someday List
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Revell (January 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800732669
ISBN-13: 978-0800732660

Book 1 in the The Jubilant Soul Series

Rachelle Covington has it all. A fabulous home, a handsome and prestigious husband, two beautiful children, and a place in the upper crust that's quite comfortable. But her life is not all it's cracked up to be. When her husband goes away on business trip and the kids are sent off to the grandparents for a month, Rachelle takes up the challenge of a dying friend to start a list of things to do before she dies. She heads back to Jubilant, Texas, to reconnect with her past, her purpose, and herself. But when her ex shows up in town looking very fine and very single, Rachelle must confront feelings she thought she'd long buried. Will she give up everything to recover the past? Or will she find a reason to plan for the future? The Someday List is an honest look at what makes us who we are and what can throw us off track. Author Stacy Hawkins Adams writes with a voice that is fresh, sincere, and completely real. Her characters jump off the page and into her readers' hearts.

This Far by Faith
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Three Novellas by Stacy Hawkins Adams (My Mother's Shadow/), Kendra Norman-Bellamy (A Cracked Mirror), and Linda Hudson-Smith (Honor Thy Heart)

Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Kimani Press (April 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373830246
ISBN-13: 978-0373830244

Three Novels by Stacy Hawkins Adams (My Mother's Shadow/), Kendra Norman-Bellamy (A Cracked Mirror), and Linda Hudson-Smith (Honor Thy Heart)

LaShun Tillman's many blessings haven't eased her pain at being abandoned as a baby. Fate has given her an opportunity to reveal to the world that her birth mother, former supermodel Sariah Langston, has an ugly past. But revenge is never simple—and neither is the truth.

Aspiring actress Jessica Drake lands a bit part in Broadway diva Diana Edmonds's latest show, only to find that her idol has feet of clay—plus a monumental ego. But their strained relationship is changed utterly when a reporter discovers that Jessica is really the daughter Diana thought had died long ago.

Beautiful Sienna St. James has spent her life being pushed into beauty pageants by her domineering, controlling mother, Sable. Now her blossoming relationship with a thoughtful young doctor has inspired her to live her life as she sees fit, even if it means losing everything she's known.

Watercolored Pearls
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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Revell (October 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800731689
ISBN-13: 978-0800731687

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Book Description
Serena, a career woman turned stay-at-home mom, wonders if she has made the right choice. Erika struggles to let go of her abusive past. Tawana, a new lawyer, is trying to pull her life together, but her ambitions keep getting in the way. Three women, each at different places in their lives, find themselves at the same crossroads--looking to God and to each other for answers on how to find beauty in themselves and in their journey. Watercolored Pearls is a page-turning story of how God can use the tragic, the shameful, and the less-than-perfect circumstances of life to create something beautiful.

From the Back Cover
Three friends. Three pasts. One journey to beautiful. Serena never thought she'd have children. Now she has two active two-year-old boys. But instead of being overjoyed, she's overwhelmed. Did she make the wrong choice in giving up her successful career to be a stay-at-home mom? Tawana, an ambitious new lawyer, is trying to pull her life together, but her past keeps getting in the way. An incredible opportunity at a prestigious law firm forces her to confront her demons. Can her new responsibilities fit with her growing faith? Erika's estranged and once-abusive husband wants her back. He says he's changed. He's even going to church. But is he telling the truth? Or is he just smooth talking her back into a bad situation? Watercolored Pearls is a story of three women who, despite their less-than-perfect circumstances, watch their friendships with one another deepen--and their lives transform into something beautiful. "Adams tells a captivating story that takes readers through the life journeys of three different women. They learn that they struggle, endure, and triumph, becoming greater and stronger women of God than they ever thought they could be."--Kendra Norman-Bellamy, Essence bestselling author "Watercolored Pearls is a delightful read. Stacy's story reminds us of where true peace and beauty lie."--Sharon Ewell Foster, Christy Award-winning author of Passing by Samaria and Abraham's Well "Stacy Hawkins Adams has set it off once again. Buy this precious gem of a book and a spare to share. It's good like that."--Claudia Mair Burney, author of Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White Stacy Hawkins Adams is a freelance reporter and inspirational columnist based in Richmond, Virginia. She is the author of Speak to My Heart and Nothing but the Right Thing.

Nothing but the Right Thing
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Revell (April 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800730976
ISBN-13: 978-0800730970

Serena McDaniels has a loving husband and a new home. But there's one dream that remains just out of reach. When she left a high-profile advertising agency to pursue her dreams of having a family, Serena never imagined that the stress of her husband's pastorate and their desire to follow God's will might delay their dreams of becoming parents. And when a dear friend makes a life-altering decision to leave an abusive relationship, Serena knows she has to help. Will she have to postpone her dreams forever? Or will she hear God's still, small voice and realize his plan for her?

Speak to My Heart
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Revell (October 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800759702
ISBN-13: 978-0800759704

Serena Jasper is a young professional woman on her way up the corporate ladder in a large advertising firm. She's always been close to her mother, especially since the death of her father. But when Serena learns of a devastating family secret, she feels betrayed by the one she trusted most.

As she questions how someone as devout as her mother could have lied to her for years, Serena pulls away from both family and faith. Without the haven of hearth and home, she flounders as she tries to help a girlfriend trapped in an abusive relationship. Burying herself in her prestigious career doesn't help either. With the help of a possible new love in her life, Serena realizes that, instead of resisting the voice, she needs to listen to the One who speaks to her heart.

The Midnight Clear
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Paperback: 324 pages
Publisher: KNB Publications, LLC (November 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0974220701
ISBN-13: 978-0974220703

Product Description
An exceptional collection of inspirational short stories that walks readers through the everyday struggles and triumphs of Christians during one of the most celebrated times of the year.

About the Authors
The twenty-one authors that make up this enthralling anthology come from different walks of life and are in different stages of their writing careers. Some are national bestselling authors whose gifts have withstood the test of times, while others are up and coming novelists with bright futures ahead of them. But each gifted storyteller is bonded by a common thread: the love for writing coupled with a love for God.

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