Sophfronia Scott is the author of the best-selling novel Unforgivable Love, a scintillating re-telling of Dangerous Liaisons, set during the Harlem Renaissance.

 

She is the author of This Child of Faith, written with her thirteen-year-old son, Tain, a tender and provocative non-fiction book and she has also written, Love's Long Line, a provocative and thoughtful rumination on motherhood, race, and contemporary culture.

 

Sophfronia is the author of All I Need to Get By, a novel and author of the much-heralded work of nonfiction Doing Business by the Book: How to Craft a Crowd-Pleasing Book and Attract More Clients and Speaking Engagements Than You Ever Thought Possible. She has contributed to three Chicken Soup for the Soul books and the book Forty Things to Do When You Turn Forty. As well, she edited How the Fierce Handle Fear—Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times. Sophfronia began her career as a journalist at Time and People Magazine.

 

Sophfronia is one of the original members of the Festival and this is her seventh Festival as a participating writer.  She will be offering the Writing Workshop, “WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? Navigating Your Novel or Memoir Through The Sea of Time”.