Deatri King-Bey
Deatri's Bio
When Deatri was six years old, her mother was told that because of
Deatri’s dyslexia, she’d probably never learn how to read. At that
time it was recommended Deatri partake in a specialized reading
curriculum. Unbeknownst to Deatri’s parents, this additional help
their daughter would need was actually Deatri being taken out of
reading class to sit in the hallway with a tape recorder for a teacher.
When Deatri entered the fourth grade at a different school, her
parents were terrified to learn their daughter couldn’t read. For
years she’d been reciting the bedtime stories to her mother from
memory instead of actually reading the written words from the
pages. My have times changed.
Six years ago, Deatri was a technical writer at a telecommunications
company with dreams of joining the publishing world as a content
editor and author. Mind made up, she returned to school and soon
started as an editorial intern at Third World Press, Inc., one of the
oldest independent, African-American owned publishing houses in
the world. Shortly thereafter, her skills were recognized, and she
became a more permanent fixture at Third World Press, Inc.
Though Deatri believes in Third World Press’s mission, fiction is her
true love, so in 2004 she began focusing her editing skills on fiction.
Dozens of manuscripts later, she still hasn’t figured out she wasn’t
supposed to learn how to read.
February 2006, the second half of Deatri’s dream came true with the
release of her debut novel Caught Up. Currently, she is editing,
conducting writing workshops, and writing her next novel.
DEATRI'S INTERVIEWS
Gwyneth Bolton's Blog I love Gwen! I've edited
a few of her books now, and she is a HOOT!
Check out my interview with her. Dec 2006
Rawsistaz Literary Group I was the March 2006
Author of the Month
Romance In Color. I'd like to thank Wayne
Jordan for the great work he has done and
continues to do.
Sister Circle Bookclub
Urban Book Source. This is a link to an article I
wrote titled Do You Know. Sometimes this site
goes down, so if the link doesn't work, try again
later.
Loving Literature T. Belinda Williams, a great
editor and I'm not just saying that because she
interviewed me, featured me in her newsletter.
Black Expression 2005 I'm really not vain. I just
think it's so cool that folks actually interview me
that I have to share. SMILE
NOTE: The interviews are in order from
newest to oldest--top to bottom.
Mother, Wife, Author
