Lorita Kelsey Childress lives with her husband David, in Northern CA. She has three daughters and a granddaughter.Lorita's first novel The Turning Point of Lila Louise was published in May 2010. She is a member of Sistahs on the Reading Edge book club. She is President of the Advisory Board for Girl Talk with Prophetess Nia Walker. Lorita's work is featured in Gumbo for the Soul; The Recipe for Literacy in the Black Community and Gumbo for the Soul; Women of Honor Special Pink Edition. Lorita's latest work is featured in Suspect; A Confessional Anthology.Her poem Our History is Rich was featured in the January/March 2010 edition of Kontagious Magazine.Lorita recently finished her first children's book, Grandma, how do you know God is real? which will be released late 2012. She is now taking pre-orders at www.loritawrites4u.com. She is currently working on her second novel.