ReShonda Tate

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ReShonda Tate
File:ReShonda Tate Billingsley.jpg
Pen nameReShonda Tate Billingsley
OccupationAuthor and journalist
Genres
  • Adult fiction
  • teen fiction
  • contemporary
  • Christian fiction
  • romance
Notable works
  • Let the Church Say Amen
  • The Secret She Kept
Website
reshondatate.com

Reshonda Tate (born in 1969) is an American author and journalist. Tate is also known as "ReShonda Tate Billingsley."

Education

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She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

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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.

Books

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  • My Brother's Keeper (2003) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Four Degrees of Heat (anthology) (2004) Excerpt: "Rebound" Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Let the Church Say Amen (2004) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Help! I've Turned Into My Mother (2005) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • I Know I've Been Changed (2006) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Have A Little Faith (anthology) (2006) Excerpt: "Faith Will Overcome" Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Nothing But Drama (2006) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Everybody Say Amen (2007) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • With Friends Like These (2007) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Blessing in Disguise (2007) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Pastor's Wife (2007) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Getting Even (2008) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Fair-Weather Friends (2008) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Can I Get a Witness? (2008) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Devil is a Lie (2009) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Friends 'Til the End (2009) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Caught up in the Drama (2010) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Holy Rollers (2010) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Drama Queens (2010) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Body of Innocence (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • A Good Man is Hard to Find (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Lady Jasmine / Sins of the Mother / Let the Church Say Amen / Everybody Say Amen (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Say Amen, Again (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Sinners & Saints (2012) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Something to Say: poetry to motivate the mind, body and soul (2012) ASIN B006WX2OMQ
  • The Secret She Kept (July 2012) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Finding Amos (2012) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Real As It Gets (2012) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • You Don't Know Me Like That (2013) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Rumor Central (2013) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Friends & Foes (2013) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Motherhood Diaries (2013) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • A Family Affair (2013) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Fortune & Fame (2014) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Truth or Dare (2014) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Boy Trouble (2014) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Motherhood Diaries 2 (2014) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • What's Done in the Dark (2014) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • A Blessing & A Curse (2015) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Eye Candy (2015) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Pay Day (2015) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Mama's Boy (2015) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Perfect Mistress (2016) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • It Should've Been Me (2016) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Seeking Sarah (2017) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Book in Room 316 (2018) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • If Only For One Night (2018) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Stolen Daughter (2019) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • More to Life (2019) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • A Little Bit of Karma (2020) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Miss Pearly's Girls: A Captivating Tale of Family Healing (2022) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel (2024) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Awards

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  • 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]
  • #1 Essence best-selling author
  • 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

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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

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