Self-Publisher of the Year
Crystal Lacey Winslow, Melodrama Publishing
December 2004

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While many self-published writers have crossed over to mainstream publishers, 25-year-old Crystal Lacey Winslow remains true to her self-publishing vision. Her first novel, Life, Love & Loneliness (Melodrama Publishing, June 2002), became a best-seller, selling 80,000 copies. She turned down a two-book deal from Simon & Schuster to self-publish The Criss Cross (Melodrama Publishing, September 2004, ISBN 0-971-70212-8), the story about the impact of "chance meetings" on a young woman's life. Winslow also opened her bookstore in New York last year called Melodrama Books & Things. How's that for self-publishing moxie?


Books:

10 Crack Commandments Den of Sin In My Hood 2 (Trade) Return of the Cartier Cartel Wifey: From Mistress to Wifey
Bad Apple Dirty Little Angel In My Hood 2 (Mass Market) Rise of an American Gangstress Wifey
Cartier Cartel Dirty Money Honey In My Hood 3 (Trade) Sex, Sin & Brooklyn Wifey Part 2: I'm Still Wifey
Cartier Cartel (Mass Market) Drama with a Capital D In My Hood 3 (Mass Market) Shot Glass Diva Wifey Part 3: Life After Wifey
Checkmate Eva: First Lady of Sin Jealousy: The Complete Saga Sheisty Chicks Wifey Part 4: Still Wifey Material
Coca Kola Guard the Throne Life, Love & Loneliness A Sticky Situation Wifey Part 5: Wifey 4 Life (Mass Market)
The Criss Cross Histress Menace Stripped Wifey Part 5: Wifey 4 Life
The Diamond Syndicate In My Hood (Trade) Myra Tale of a Train Wreck Lifestyle You Showed Me
A Deal With Death In My Hood (Mass Market) Murder was the Case Wifey: I Am Wifey

Authors:

Linda Brickhouse Erica Hilton Nahisha McCoy Storm
Denise Coleman Kim K. Nisa Santiago Kiki Swinson
Endy Amaleka McCall Jacki Simmons Crystal Lacey Winslow