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Short Biography
Preslaysa Williams is an award-winning author who writes contemporary romance and women’s fiction with an Afro-Filipina twist. Proud of her heritage, she loves sharing her culture with her readers. A graduate of Columbia University, Preslaysa is a professional actress, a planner nerd, an avid bookworm, and a homeschool mom who wears mismatched socks. Visit her online at www.preslaysa.com
Long Biography
Preslaysa Williams is an award-winning author of contemporary romance and women’s fiction with an Afro-Filipina twist. She loves sharing her culture with her readers.
Her writing awards include the Indiana Romance Writers of America’s (RWA) Golden Opportunity Award and the ACFW Genesis Award. In addition, her stories have been a finalist in the Northwest Houston RWA Lone Star Writing Contest, the Windy City RWA Four Seasons Contest, and the Valley of the Sun RWA Hot Prospects Contest.
She has an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a MPA from the College of Charleston. She is also a Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholar, a Jackie Robinson Foundation Extra Innings Fellow, and a Sol Spiegelman Scholar. Preslaysa also recently earned a MFA in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill University.
In addition, she’s a professional actress. She started acting at age eight, joining the Screen Actors Guild as a teenager when she co-starred on the Nickelodeon TV show, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo.
She’s an avid bookworm and planner nerd who hoards pens, pencils, and notebooks in her spare time. In her daily life, you’ll find her wearing mismatched socks while being a homeschool mom. Preslaysa presently makes her home in Virginia with her husband and two children. You can visit her online at www.preslaysa.com where you can sign up for her newsletter community.
Interviews & Media Coverage
Cover Reveal and an exclusive excerpt of A Lowcountry Bride featured on Frolic Media.
Preslaysa Williams’ sale of her own voices romance is a Featured Deal of the Week on Publishers Weekly.
Avon/HarperCollins press release on Preslaysa Williams’ own voices novel sale after open submission by the publisher.
Preslaysa Williams’ alma mater, Seton Hill University, featured her in an article on her sale to Avon/HarperCollins
Interview on the Chief Executive Auntie Podcast. Click here to listen.
Article for Capital Christian Writers entitled Why I Write Own Voices Stories.
Black Ink: Lit Fest Online Festival. Preslaysa reads the first chapter of Healing Hannah’s Heart. Click here to view the presentation.
