ReShonda Tate
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| Pen name | ReShonda Tate Billingsley |
| Occupation | Author and journalist |
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Reshonda Tate (born in 1969) is an American author and journalist. Tate is also known as "ReShonda Tate Billingsley."
She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the Missouri City – Sugar Land Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and Jack & Jill of America, Incorporated. Caradine is married to Jeffrey Caradine and is the mother of three children: Andrew, Tristan, and Janine. Additionally, she serves as a bonus mother to Jabari and Jordun Caradine.
Career
[edit]Tate has authored 53 books,[1] and has contributed to several anthologies.[2] Currently, she writes historical fiction. She has previously written nonfiction works, as well as adult and teen fiction under the name ReShonda Tate Billingsley. Three of her novels have been nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Fiction.[2] Several of her books have been made into movies; Let the Church Say Amen and The Secret She Kept. The film adaptation of her sophomore novel Let the Church Say Amen, directed by Regina King and produced by TD Jakes and Queen Latifah, originally aired on BET.[3]
In 2014, Tate co-founded a publishing company, Brown Girls Books, with author Victoria Christopher Murray.[4] She has also appeared in the stage play Marriage Material by Je'Caryous Johnson.[5]
Tate previously worked for NBC affiliate KFOR[6] in Oklahoma City.
Awards
[edit]- Texas Literary Hall of Fame (2022)
- Smithsonian's African American History Makers (2016)
- African American Literary Award for Best Christian Fiction for Fortune & Fame (2014) with Victoria Christopher Murray
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature (2012)[7]
- African American Literary Award for Best Teen Fiction for Drama Queens (2011)
- Inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame (2010)[8]
- Rolling Out Magazine′s Top 25 Women of Houston (2009)[9]
- Five-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists "Spirit in the Words"
- Let the Church Say Amen named one of Library Journal's Best Books 2004 in Christian Fiction[10]
- Bestseller for Negroes Association (2018)
- 2006 Texas Executive Woman on the Move[11]
- Black Writers Alliance Gold Pen Award for best new author (2002)
- Mama's Boy named one of Library Journal's Best Books 2015 in African American Fiction[12]
Personal
[edit]Tate was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Bruce Tate and Nancy Kilgore. She moved to Arkansas at a young age and spent most of her childhood in her mother’s hometown of Smackover. She later moved to Houston, Texas, where she graduated from Madison High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. She is married to Dr. Miron Billingsley and has three children.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Author - ReShonda Tate". reshondatate.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ a b c "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ "Let the Church Say Amen (TV Movie 2013) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Reid |, Calvin. "Authors Launch Brown Girls Publishing". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ "BlackNews.com - Je'Caryous Johnson's "Marriage Material" in Washington DC, November 16-21, 2010". www.blacknews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-14.
- ^ Bracht, Mel. "3 anchors expecting big news." The Daily Oklahoman 2 Apr. 2000, CITY, TV: 17. NewsBank. Web. 27 Dec. 2016.
- ^ "NAACP Image Awards 2012: Full list of winners | abc7.com". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22.
- ^ WILLIAMS, HELAINE. "Stars over Arkansas - VIP reception, induction adds six notable names to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame." Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR) 24 Oct. 2010, High Profile: 44. NewsBank. Web. 27 Dec. 2016.
- ^ "The Top 25 Women of Houston". 27 October 2009.
- ^ Hoffert, Barbara, et al. "Best books 2004." Library Journal 1 Jan. 2005: 54+. Popular Magazines. Web. 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Past Honorees | Texas Executive Women". texasexecutivewomen.org. Archived from the original on 2013-05-19.
- ^ DiGirolomo, Kate, et al. "Best books 2015." Library Journal 1 Dec. 2015: 30+. Popular Magazines. Web. 13 July 2016.
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