Felicia Mason

Felicia Mason (born May 8, 1962) is an African American novelist and journalist born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] She is best known for writing in the romance genre. Her novel Rhapsody was adapted into a television movie in 2000.[2]

Biography

Mason grew up in Pennsylvania, but her family moved to Virginia when she was a child.[3] Mason received her BA in mass media arts from the Hampton Institute in 1984[3] and her MA from Ohio State University.[2] Before becoming a writer, she was a staff developmental editor for the Daily Press in Newport News.[3] She currently lives in Yorktown, VA.[2]

Awards

Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur were both awarded Reviewers Choice Awards for best contemporary ethnic novel in1995.[2] She was selected by readers as one of top ten romance authors, 2002, for Body and Soul.[2] In 2001 she was awarded the Emma Award for contribution to Della's House of Style.[2] She was named best romance writer turned mainstream by Black Issues Book Review in 2002, for Testimony.[2]

Works

Romance Novels

Anthologies

References

  1. The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press. 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  3. 1 2 3 Contemporary Black Biography. Detroit: Gale. 2001.
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