Virginia deberry biography

Virginia DeBerryand Donna Grant are American authors who co-wrote several literary works between 1990 and 2010.^[1]

Biography

DeBerry and Grant first met in New York as plus size models vying for the same assignments.

Virginia deberry biography

Together, they launched Maxima magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for plus-size women, where DeBerry was editor-in-chief and Grant the managing editor. When publication of Maxima ceased, they tried writing a book together.^[1] Their first novel, Exposures, was published under the pseudonym Marie Joyce (for Donna Marie and Virginia Joyce).

Their second book, written as DeBerry and Grant, was Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made which spent 18 months on the Essence Magazine Bestseller list and 5 months as number 1 on that list. The authors received the 1998 Honor Award in Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

The novel also received the Book of the Year award from Blac