Biography of francis ray
Biography of francis ray
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Francis Ray
American novelist
Francis Ray (July 20, – July 3, ) was a New York Times and USA Today bestselling[1]African-American writer of romance novels.
Her literary fiction series – Taggart and Falcon, the Invincible Women, Grayson Family of New Mexico, and Grayson Friends – consistently made bestsellers' lists. She lived in Dallas, Texas.[2]
Biography
She was born in Richland, Texas, and studied nursing, receiving a bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's University in [3] She began writing in , while continuing to work as a nurse, and had her first book published in [3] Ray was inspired to write after reading one of Kathleen Woodiwiss's books.[4] She was also inspired by J.
California Cooper's writings.[5]
In , she co-founded the Romance Slam Jam, which was an author-reader conference and first launched in Texas.[6]
Work
Ray's stories are character-driven and Ray spent time fleshing out full