Love is on the line in this panel that highlights high-stakes danger, sizzling chemistry, and the fine art of blending heart-pounding thrills with happily-ever-afters. Authors will discuss how they pace a thriller while building slow-burn or instant chemistry and how they balance the grit of a dark plot with a satisfying ending.
Moderated by Tiana Williams (@teeturnedthepage)
Tanvier Peart is a future bestselling Black romance author with a healthy obsession for snacks and happily ever afters. She is a good girl with kinks who spends her days working on public policy in New York and enjoys the wild life of being a wife and PTA mom. By night, she writes and reads romance books with steamy scenes. When she’s not lost in the land of smut, Tanvier enjoys long walks down snack aisles and the chorus of grunts at the gym.
Roxanne Taylor is a New York-bred, Baltimore-based Black indie romance author writing fast-paced, steamy urban and contemporary romance for readers who want heat, heart, and characters who feel undeniably real. She brings a distinct lens to her stories—writing characters over 35 and reminding us that age doesn’t mean you have it all figured out. Her characters are navigating power, passion, and love that doesn’t wait until your life’s in order. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s hanging out with her husband or drinking a cold glass of Sauvignon Blanc with her friends.
(Dylan Allen) Lucy Wilson-Tagoe is a Ghanaian-American writer and lawyer. She writes suspenseful women’s fiction and romantic thrillers that center characters from all over the African Diaspora and other parts of the Global South. She’s an avid cook, a serial hobbyist, and a voracious reader. She also writes contemporary romance under the pen name Dylan Allen and is a USA Today Bestselling Author. Lucy studied history at Tufts University and Law at Howard University and The London School of Economics. A child immigrant and the child of immigrants- she calls the world home. She’s a self described nomad and currently lives in Maryland with her husband and their two children.
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