Leslie Esdaile Banks
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Leslie Esdaile Banks (born December 11) is an African American. She has written in various genres one of which is African American literature. Leslie Esdalie Banks started her career over ten years ago. She was born and raised in Philadelphia and she currently resides in University City, Philadelphia with her husband and blended family. Leslie writes under various pseudonyms; LA Banks, Leslie Esdaile, Leslie Banks and Leslie Esdaile Banks. In her ever steady and increasing career, she has dutifully won several literary awards. Leslie has written in several genres those diverse as romance, women’s fiction, crime suspense, dark fantasy/horror and non-fiction.
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[edit] Biography
Leslie has contributed to magazines, newspaper columns, and has written commercial fiction for five major publishers: St. Martin’s Press (NYC), Simon and Schuster (NYC), Kensington Publishing (NYC), BET/Arabesque (NYC), and Genesis Press (MS).
Books 1 and 2 of The Vampire Huntress Legend Series (“Minion” and “The Awakening,” respectively), have been optioned for Hollywood films by GothamBeach Entertainment and Griot Entertainment. Originally nine book series The Vampire Huntress Legend Series, has now become a twelve book series.
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ROMANCE
- Sundance (1996)
- Slow Burn (1997)
- Love Notes (2001)
- Love Lessons (2001)
- River of Souls (2001)
- Love Potions (2002)
- Still Waters Run Deep (2002)
- Tomorrow’s Promise (2002)
- Through the Storm (2002)
- Sister Got Game (2004)
- Keepin’ It Real (2005)
- Take Me There (in stores now)
- “Home For The Holidays” in Midnight Clear (2000) (*)
- “Time Enough for Love” in After the Vows (2001) (*)
- “Valentine’s Love” in Candlelight and You (2003) (*)
- “Shameless” in Sisterhood of Shopaholics (2003) (*)
- “A 'No Drama' Valentine's” in Valentin's Day is Killing Me (2006) (*)
NON-FICTION
- How To Write A Romance For The New Market (1999) (*)
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ROMANCE
- Soul Food: For Better, For Worse (2002)
- Soul Food: Through Thick and Thin (2003)
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NON-FICTION
- “Light at the End of the Tunnel” in Chicken Soup for the African American Soul (2004) (*)
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CRIME/SUSPENSE
- Betrayal of the Trust (2004)
- Blind Trust (2005)
- Shattered Trust (in stores now)
- No Trust (coming soon)
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CRIME/SUSPENSE
- Scarface, The Beginning, Volume 1 (in stores now)
- Scarface, Point of No Return, Volume 2 (available soon)
PARANORMAL
The Vampire Huntress Legend Series:
(12 Book Series)
- Minion (trade paperback) (Book 1) (2003)
- Minion (mass market) (2004)
- The Awakening (trade paperback) (Book 2) (2003)
- The Awakening (mass market) (2004)
- The Hunted (trade paperback) (Book 3) (2004)
- The Hunted (mass market) (2005)
- The Bitten (trade paperback) (Book 4) (2005)
- The Bitten (mass market) (2005)
- The Forbidden (trade paperback) (Book 5) (2005)
- The Forbidden (mass market) (2006)
- The Damned (trade paperback) (Book 6) (2006)
- The Forsaken (trade paperback) (Book 7) (June 2006) (in stores now)
- The Wicked (trade paperback) (Book 8) (in stores now February 2007)
- The Cursed (trade paperback) (Book 9) (coming July 2007)
OTHER PARANORMAL
- “Make It Last Forever” In Stroke Of Midnight (2004) (*)
(New York Times bestseller extended list 2004)
- “If These Walls Could Talk” in Dark Dreams (2004) (*)
- Voices From the Other Side in Dark Dreams 2 (April 2006) (*)
- “Ride the Night Wind” In Love at First Bite (in stores now) (*)
- My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (in stores now) (*)
- Vegas Bites (in stores now) (*)
(*) Indicates story was featured in an anthology.
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