Deatri King-Bey

Deatri King-Bey – When Deatri was six years old, her mother was told that because of Deatri’s dyslexia, she’d probably never learn how to read. My have times changed. Deatri started her publishing career as an editor at Third World Press, Inc., one of the oldest independent, African-American owned publishing houses in the world. Fiction is her true love, so a few years later she began focusing her editing skills on fiction. She’s edited novels by such notables as Gloria Naylor, L.A. Banks, Beverly Jenkins, A.C. Arthur and many more. Along with editing, Deatri also began writing.

Thirty some published titles later, she still hasn’t figured out she wasn’t supposed to learn how to read and has gone on to win several writing awards over the years. Currently, she is enjoying life with her family, reading, writing her next novels and screenplays, and deciding what she’ll get into next.