Teri Woods

Teri Woods is an American novelist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] and one of the most successful self-published authors in the United States.[2]

Woods finished writing her first novel, True to the Game, in 1992 while working at a law firm in Philadelphia.[3] She spent six years submitting the work to numerous publishers, all of which rejected her. In 1998, Woods had copies of the book printed herself and began to hand-sell the novel to booksellers in and around the Philadelphia area and, eventually, across the United States, eventually starting Teri Woods Publishing, a self-publishing house to put out her own work and that of others, principally in the urban fiction genre, aimed at a demographic largely ignored by major publishers.[4] Woods's breakout success helped her negotiate a multimillion-dollar contract with Hachette Book Group USA to re-release her previously published novels.

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  1. ↑ Barnard, Anne (2008-10-23). "From the streets to the libraries". New York Times (New York City). Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. ↑ Feeney, Michael J. (2009-10-19). "Blacks slap SoHo club Greenhouse with $1B bias suit following snub of author Teri Woods' guests". Daily News (New York City). Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  3. ↑ Morris, Vanessa (2009-07-15). "Q&A: Teri Woods". Library Journal. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  4. ↑ Smith, Dinitia (2004-09-08). "Unorthodox Publisher Animates Hip-Hop Lit". New York Times (New York City). Retrieved 2013-04-10.
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