Paula is also the editor of the
critically acclaimed anthology
SPOOKS,
SPIES, AND PRIVATE EYES: BLACK MYSTERY, CRIME, AND SUSPENSE
FICTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY (1995), which was nominated
for an Anthony Award, Macavity Award, and received a
special award from the Black Caucus of the American Library
Association. She and Felix H. Liddell are also the
authors/editors of the best-selling
I, TOO
SING AMERICA: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOK OF DAYS (1992),
as well as
MERRY
CHRISTMAS, BABY: A CHRISTMAS AND KWANZAA TREASURY
(1996), and
I HEAR
A SYMPHONY: AFRICAN AMERICANS CELEBRATE LOVE (1994),
the latter of which won Fiction Honors from the Black
Caucus of the American Library Association and the PEN
Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Multicultural Literature.
A member of the National Book Critics Circle, she
reviews books
regularly for the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
Paula is a member
of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She has
also served as an Edgar judge, on the Author Committee of
the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and speaker at the
festival.
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A native of Los Angeles, Paula's lifelong love of books
has resulted in the growth of her personal library to over
1,000 volumes. |