11 Facts About Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins studied at Michigan State University as a Journalism and English Literature major.

Beverly Jenkins was born in Detroit in 1951 to her parents, a high school teacher and an administrative aide.

Beverly Jenkins's mother read to Jenkins while she was in the womb and bought her cloth books when she was a baby.

Beverly Jenkins's early writing began when she became the editor of her elementary school newspaper.

Beverly Jenkins attended Michigan State University in the spring of 1969.

Beverly Jenkins worked full-time in the Michigan State University library's circulation department.

At the suggestion of a colleague, Beverly Jenkins looked for an agent and publisher and sent her manuscript to Vivian Stephens, who agreed to represent her.

Beverly Jenkins uses her books to weave the quilt back together by revealing patches of black history that are rarely taught in school.

Beverly Jenkins found inspiration for Forbidden from two interesting bits of history.

Beverly Jenkins heard a story about a man seeing a black woman walking through the desert with a cook stove balanced on her head.

Beverly Jenkins includes bibliographies with her historical romances so readers can read further, if they choose.