Brenda Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary multicultural romance novels. Her novels have earned awards from RT Book Reviews in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and she is a recipient of a RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. There are more than three million of her books currently in print. She is the first African American author to appear on the bestseller lists for the series romance genre and has won a number of awards for her work throughout her career. Her book A Silken Thread was a 2012 NAACP Image Award nominee.