Raynetta Manees is an award-winning author whose work has been featured on the CBS Evening News, CNN, and in Essence magazine. Manees has collaborated with some of the world’s biggest celebrities on their books, including Oprah Winfrey on The Soul of Money, Will Smith on Fearless, Jada Pinkett-Smith on Sixteen, LL Cool J on The Five Point Scale, and many others. Her own books include Love Bites (HarperCollins), which was named one of Oprah’s Favorite Books of the Year; Grace (HarperCollins), which won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction;and The Souls of Black Folk (HarperCollins), which was named one of Oprah’s Favorite Books of the Year. She is also the author of five children’s books: A Message from Myself (HarperCollins), When I Grow Up (HarperCollins), I Have a Dream! (HarperCollins) and A Message from My Heart (HarperCollins)
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She lives in New York City with her husband and son.