Throughout the years she has graced the pages of numerous fashion magazines and catalogs. Summers spent seventeen years as a model with the Ford Models, Inc. Several cosmetic and hair care companies including Revlon, Clairol, and Avon have tapped her beauty expertise.īarbara Summers is the author of three critically-acclaimed books and the editor of the bestselling I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America. Jenyne Raines, a native of New York, covers beauty and style matters for Vibe, Essence, Mode, and Heart & Soul magazines.

She is the author of four children's books, including Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant Scientists, and Kids Around the World Celebrate: The Best Feasts and Festivals from Around the World. She has contributed articles on entertainment, relationships, fashion, and sports to Details, Essence, Mademoiselle, The Village Voice, Nickelodeon, and many other publications. Lynda Jones is a New York-based freelance writer and editor. Gregory is the author of a new series of youth fiction books, The Cheetah Girls. Her writing has appeared in magazines such as Vibe, Spin, Heart & Soul, Paper, Entertainment Weekly, Interview, Life and Seventeen to name a few. Since 1989 she has been the magazine's most prolific writer, specializing in entertainment and penning features, cover stories, humor pieces, and profiles. Her essays have been published in two books, Tupac and The Vibe History of Hip-Hop.ĭeborah Gregory is a contributing writer for Essence, the nation's largest magazine aimed at African American women. Her articles have appeared in Essence, Vibe, Harper's Bazaar, The Source, and Spin magazines. She has written about hip-hop music and Black culture for the past ten years.

This is his first book project.ĭream Hampton is a freelance writer originally from Detroit. He resides in his native Wilmington, Delaware, with his four children. He has written for Elle, Redbook, Reader's Digest, BET Weekend, and Heart & Soul Magazines, and has appeared on numerous television programs. Campbell's syndicated style column has won him an international audience of faithful followers. Campbell is one of the most respected fashion journalists in the industry.

His first photo book, Body&Soul: The Black Male Book (Universe), was published in 1998.Īs longtime fashion editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Roy H. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, where he studied advertising and communications, he has contributed to Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Talk, InStyle, Essence, O:The Oprah Magazine, and Esquire magazines, among others.

Duane Thomas is a leading New York author and art director.

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