Nina Foxx
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Nina Foxx is an American author, playwright and filmmaker. She has authored seven novels, co-authored one text on writing, and her work has been anthologized multiple times. She has also penned two stage plays including original music with collaborator John Forbes
. Marrying UP toured several cities and is now distributed on DVD by Urban Home Entertainment. It starred R & B Crooner Tony Terry
, Gary "Li'L G" Jenkins from the R & B Group Silk and Comedienne Keisha Hunt (ComicView). Foxx also produced, wrote and director two award winning short films and is currently in development on a Feature film based on her book Just Short of Crazy. In addition to this film work, Foxx is Executive Producer of the feature film Magic Valley'
', which was an official selection of the 2011 TriBeCa Film Festival. She is also involved on the producer's team on the features "513" and ""Ass Backwards", both in post-production. Foxx’s work has been compared to Brewster’s Million’s as well as Pride and Prejudice and she has been a finalist for an Open Book Award in comedy fiction several times, and has appeared on various best-sellers lists around the country. She writes under the several names including Nina Foxx, Cynnamon Foster and Beryl Jennings.
In the spring of 2005, Foxx co-founded The Femme Fantastik Literary Tour with fellow authors Lori Bryant-Woolridge
and Carmen Green, a tour dedicated to showcasing the work of Female Writers of Color.
In 2011, She founded the Lovers, Saints & Sinners Literary Event Series.
Foxx is originally from Jamaica, New York. She graduated from Hunter College
(BA Psychology), Baruch College
(MS, I/O, Psychology), City University of New York
(Ph.D. I/O Psychology) and holds an MFA in Creative Writing (fiction) from Farleigh Dickinson University.
Prior to becoming a writer, worked in User Experience Research & Usability. She authored authored several industrial design patents and has taught applied psychology at several universities and speaks about the writing life to groups and schools all over the United States. Nina is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, The Links, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America
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John Forbes
John Forbes may refer to:*John Forbes *John Forbes *John Forbes , Scottish theologian; one of the six "Aberdeen doctors"...
. Marrying UP toured several cities and is now distributed on DVD by Urban Home Entertainment. It starred R & B Crooner Tony Terry
Tony Terry
Tony Terry is an American soul/new jack swing singer from Washington, D.C., who had several R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Singing:...
, Gary "Li'L G" Jenkins from the R & B Group Silk and Comedienne Keisha Hunt (ComicView). Foxx also produced, wrote and director two award winning short films and is currently in development on a Feature film based on her book Just Short of Crazy. In addition to this film work, Foxx is Executive Producer of the feature film Magic Valley'
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
', which was an official selection of the 2011 TriBeCa Film Festival. She is also involved on the producer's team on the features "513" and ""Ass Backwards", both in post-production. Foxx’s work has been compared to Brewster’s Million’s as well as Pride and Prejudice and she has been a finalist for an Open Book Award in comedy fiction several times, and has appeared on various best-sellers lists around the country. She writes under the several names including Nina Foxx, Cynnamon Foster and Beryl Jennings.
In the spring of 2005, Foxx co-founded The Femme Fantastik Literary Tour with fellow authors Lori Bryant-Woolridge
Lori Bryant-Woolridge
Lori Bryant-Woolridge is an Emmy Award-winning Chinese-American/African-American author in the chick-lit genre.-Writing career:...
and Carmen Green, a tour dedicated to showcasing the work of Female Writers of Color.
In 2011, She founded the Lovers, Saints & Sinners Literary Event Series.
Foxx is originally from Jamaica, New York. She graduated from Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
(BA Psychology), Baruch College
Baruch College
Bernard M. Baruch College, more commonly known as Baruch College, is a constituent college of the City University of New York, located in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, New York City. With an acceptance rate of just 23%, Baruch is among the most competitive and diverse colleges in the nation...
(MS, I/O, Psychology), City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
(Ph.D. I/O Psychology) and holds an MFA in Creative Writing (fiction) from Farleigh Dickinson University.
Prior to becoming a writer, worked in User Experience Research & Usability. She authored authored several industrial design patents and has taught applied psychology at several universities and speaks about the writing life to groups and schools all over the United States. Nina is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
Sorority, The Links, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America
Jack and Jill (organization)
Jack and Jill of America is an African American organization formed during the Great Depression. It was formed in 1938 by African American mothers with the idea of bringing together children in a social and cultural environment. Since then, it has evolved into one of the most well known women's...
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As Nina Foxx
- Do Right Woman (2011) A serial enovel
- No Girl Needs a Husband Seven days A Week
- Just Short of Crazy
- Marrying Up
- Going Buck Wild
- Get Some Love
- Dippin' My Spoon
- Do The Write Thing: Seven Steps to Publishing Success (contributor)
Anthologies:
- Wanderlust: Erotic Travel Tales (edited by Carol Taylor)
- Can't Help The Way That I Feel (edited by Lori Bryant Woolridge)
Plays
- Marrying Up (on DVD)
- Baby Momma Drama