ReShonda Tate Billingsley

ReShonda Tate is an American author and journalist.

Author, journalist, ReShonda Tate

Career

Tate has authored over 50 books and was involved in three anthologies. Currently, she writes historical fiction. She previously wrote both adult and teen fiction under the name ReShonda Tate Billingsley, as well as nonfiction. Tate has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Fiction three times throughout her career. Several of her books were made into movies; Let the Church Say Amen and The Secret She Kept. The film adaptation of her sophomore novel Let the Church Say Amen, directed by Regina King and produced by TD Jakes and Queen Latifah, originally aired on BET.[1] Her novel The Secret She Kept was made into a film that aired on TVOne.

Tate is also a screenwriter, with credits including "Christmas with my Ex," which aired on TV One.

In 2014, Tate co-founded boutique publishing company Brown Girls Books with best-selling author Victoria Christopher Murray.[2] She has also appeared in the stage play Marriage Material by Je'Caryous Johnson.[3]

Tate previously worked for NBC affiliate KFOR[4] in Oklahoma City and Fox affiliate KRIV in Houston, Texas as a television reporter/anchor.

Books
  • The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel (Jan. 2024)
  • Miss Pearly's Girls (Feb. 2022)
  • A Little Bit of Karma (Sept. 2020)
  • The Stolen Daughter (July 2019)
  • The Book in Room 316 (July 2018)
  • If Only For One Night (w/Victoria Christopher Murray, Jan. 2017)
  • Seeking Sarah (July 2017)
  • It Should've Been Me (w/Victoria Christopher Murray Dec. 2015)
  • The Perfect Mistress (July 2016)
  • Mama's Boy (July 2015)
  • What's Done in the Dark (July 2014)
  • The Motherhood Diaries 2 (May 2014)
  • A Family Affair (July 2013)
  • The Motherhood Diaries (May 2013)
  • The Secret She Kept (July 2012)
  • Say Amen, Again (July 2011)
  • A Good Man is Hard to Find (March 2011)
  • Drama Queens (Nov. 2010)
  • Holy Rollers (July 2010)
  • Caught up in the Drama (April 2010)
  • The Devil is a Lie (July 2009)
  • "Friends 'Til the End" (Feb. 2009)
  • Fairweather Friends (Sept 2008)
  • Getting Even (April 2008)
  • Can I Get a Witness? (March 2008)
  • The Pastor's Wife(Nov. 2007)
  • Everybody Say Amen (Jul. 2007)
  • With Friends Like These (Apr. 2007)
  • Blessings in Disguise (Feb. 2007)
  • Nothing But Drama (Nov. 2006)
  • I Know I've Been Changed (Feb. 2006)
  • Help! I've Turned Into My Mother (2005)
  • Let the Church Say Amen (2004)
  • My Brother's Keeper (2001)
  • Four Degrees of Heat (anthology) Excerpt: "Rebound"
  • Have a Little Faith (anthology) Excerpt: "Faith Will Overcome"
  • Rumor Central
  • Get Ready For War

Awards
  • Texas Literary Hall of Fame (2022)
  • Smithsonian's African American History Makers (2016)
  • African American Literary Award for Best Christian Fiction for Fortune & Fame (2014) with Victoria Christopher Murray
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature 2012[5]
  • African American Literary Award for Best Teen Fiction for Drama Queens (2011)
  • Inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame (2010)[6]
  • Rolling Out Magazine′s Top 25 Women of Houston (2009)[7]
  • Five-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists "Spirit in the Words"
  • Let the Church Say Amen named one of Library Journal's Best Books 2004 in Christian Fiction[8]
  • #1 Essence best-selling author
  • 2006 Texas Executive Woman on the Move[9]
  • Black Writers Alliance Gold Pen Award for best new author (2002)
  • Mama's Boy named one of Library Journal's Best Books 2015 in African American Fiction[10]

Personal

Tate grew up in Houston, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Texas and also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and Jack and Jill of America. With roots in Arkansas, she is married to Jeffrey Caradine and together, they have five children.[11]

References
  1. "Let the Church Say Amen (TV Movie 2013) - IMDb". IMDb.
  2. Reid |, Calvin. "Authors Launch Brown Girls Publishing". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  3. "BlackNews.com - Je'Caryous Johnson's "Marriage Material" in Washington DC, November 16-21, 2010". www.blacknews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-14.
  4. Bracht, Mel. "3 anchors expecting big news." The Daily Oklahoman 2 Apr. 2000, CITY, TV: 17. NewsBank. Web. 27 Dec. 2016.
  5. "NAACP Image Awards 2012: Full list of winners | abc7.com". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22.
  6. WILLIAMS, HELAINE. "Stars over Arkansas - VIP reception, induction adds six notable names to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame." Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR) 24 Oct. 2010, High Profile: 44. NewsBank. Web. 27 Dec. 2016.
  7. "The Top 25 Women of Houston". 27 October 2009.
  8. Hoffert, Barbara, et al. "Best books 2004." Library Journal 1 Jan. 2005: 54+. Popular Magazines. Web. 13 July 2016.
  9. "Past Honorees | Texas Executive Women". texasexecutivewomen.org. Archived from the original on 2013-05-19.
  10. DiGirolomo, Kate, et al. "Best books 2015." Library Journal 1 Dec. 2015: 30+. Popular Magazines. Web. 13 July 2016.
  11. "About ReShonda Tate". www.reshondatate.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28.
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