The Writers Studio with Kimberla Lawson Roby

New York Times bestselling author

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Roby will be discussing her work, influences, and latest novel, Sin No More, as the fourth acclaimed author to appear this season. Co-Hosts Kim Malcolm and Darryl Dickson-Carr invite the audience inside these intimate talks on the life and art of being a writer. Ms. Malcolm is a Katy Award-winning radio broadcaster and Dr. Carr teaches African American literature at Southern Methodist University.

Kimberla Lawson Roby has written nine novels prior to Sin No More, which include Changing Faces, The Best-Kept Secret, Too Much of a Good Thing, A Taste of Reality, It’s a Thin Line, Casting the First Stone, Here and Now, and her debut title, Behind Closed Doors, which was originally self-published through her own company, Lenox Press. Her novels have frequented numerous bestseller lists, including The New York Times, Essence Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Emerge Magazine, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, The Dallas Morning News, and The Austin Chronicle to name a few. Both Behind Closed Doors and Casting the First Stone were #1 Blackboard bestsellers for four consecutive months in 1997 and 2000 respectively. Behind Closed Doors was the #1 Blackboard Best-selling book for paperback fiction in 1997. Each of Ms. Roby’s novels have dealt with very real issues of consequence--- social status, gambling addiction, infidelity; single motherhood, infertility, sibling rivalry, and more. Casting the First Stone launched her Reverend Curtis Black series and began exploring corruption within the church. Sin No More is the latest installment in this very popular series.

$34 for the general public & $28 for members

Some nearby drink specials on March 5th

• Primo's Bar & Grille: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1 off liquor, beer, & wine
• Bolla: 5 pm - 7:30 pm: $5 well drinks and $8 select martinis with complimentary Bolla Bites.
• Tom Tom Asian Grill and Sushi Bar: 4 pm - 7 pm: $2 domestics, $3.50 wells, $3 merlot, $3 chardonnay
• Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse (Dallas / Cole & Lemmon): 4 pm - 7 pm: $2 drinks, $3.50 margaritas, $3.50 sunset cosmos / 1/2 off appetizers
• State & Allen Lounge: 11 am - 8 pm: $1 off all drinks

Some nearby restaurants

• Cosmic Cafe
• The Bronx Restaurant
• Grimaldi's (Dallas)
• Grimaldi's (Allen)
• Dickey's Barbecue Pit (Dallas / McKinney & Maple)

Some nearby events on March 5th

• Every Time I Die / From First to Last / The Bled / August Burns Red / Human Abstract, House of Blues, 8 p.m.
• Willie Nelson, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 8 p.m.
• Autumn Barr, The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
• Gallery Talk: Death, War, and Captivity: The Bergsten Sarcophagus, Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.
• Josh Daniels, Sambuca (Dallas), 7:30 p.m.

Event posted Nov. 1, 2007
Last updated Feb. 12, 2008