Monday, December 27, 2010

Women Writers of Color - Thank You (Til Next Year)

One of my favorite Color Online features is Women Writers of Color (WWOC). This interview feature is only possible because authors are willing to give a little of their time.

Authors are busy, and can't say yes to every request, nor should they. So it truly means a lot when they say, yes to Color Online.

On behalf of all the contributors to Color Online, thank you to all the author's who participated in WWOC this year.

Kelly Starling Lyons
Stephanie Rose Bird
Dorina Lazo Gilmore
Neesha Meminger
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Dia Reeves
Kyra Davis
Alaya Johnson
Lola Shoneyin
Ernessa T. Carter
Carolina de Robertis
Jennifer Cervantes
Cindy Pon
Renee Watson
Caridad Ferrer
Monica Brown
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Danielle Evans
Mitali Perkins
Paula Yoo
Hiromi Goto

By themselves the interviews are nice but letting people know about them is even better. Thank you to anyone who has ever commented on, tweeted or told a friend about WWOC. Making sure that female authors of color are not overlooked is a group effort.

WWOC will be back next year. For now please enjoy some great ones from 2010 and continue to spread the word.

4 comments:

MissA said...

We had the opportunity to interview some fantastic writers. I discovered some new-to-me authors and learned more about favorites. I'm so proud of Color Online. Can't wait for an even better 2011!

Doret said...

WWOC makes me smile. Many of the answers are just WOW.

For me sometimes, a great interview will make me finally seek out an author's work.

Barbara Caridad Ferrer said...

And here I was thinking we should be thanking you for giving us such great platform! Here's to a beautiful new year and many, many more books!

B. A. Binns said...

Thank you for this feature and the opportunity to get to know more about so many great authors.