Deidre Berry started her writing career providing web content for corporations such as Reed Elsevier. Her debut novel "The Next Best Thing" (Dafina Books, April 2009) was nominated for an African-American Literary Award in the category of "Comedy Book of the Year." Deidre's second novel "All About Eva" (Dafina) was published in April 2010 to critical-acclaim from Publishers Weekly, BookList, Romantic Times Magazine, and various other mainstream publications.