National Best Selling Author Donna Hill (24 Titles) will be featured at the upcoming 2004 Harlem Book Fair on Long Island September 9 - 11, 2004

National Best Selling Author Donna Hill (24 Titles) will be featured at the upcoming 2004 Harlem Book Fair on Long Island September 9 - 11, 2004

Freeport, Long Island (PRWEB) August 24, 2004 -- National Best Selling Author Donna Hill (24 Titles) will be featured at the upcoming Harlem Book Fair on Long Island September 9 - 11, 2004

National Best Selling Author Donna Hill will be featured at the upcoming Harlem Book Fair on Long Island. Ms. Hill is a very prolific author with 24 titles to her credit; moreover, these include 17 novels and seven novellas. In 1987, the short story The Long Walk" became her first published work.

Among others, she has been featured in Black Woman, Black Enterprise, the Daily News, Essence, and USA today. Her work has appeared on several bestseller lists (i.e., Emerge, Ingram Books, and Blackboard); furthermore, she has received numerous awards for her body of work. Three of her novels have already been adapted for television. Her debut hardcover, Rhythms, was released in August 2001. She has successfully made the transition to the mainstream with her latest work of fiction, An Ordinary Woman.

Donna works full time for the Queens Borough Public Library system. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY.

Book Title : An Ordinary Woman
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN No. : 0312281919

The African Atlantic Genealogical Society will be hosting the Harlem Book Fair on Long Island on Saturday, September 11, 2004. The book
fair was established in Harlem in 1998, by Max Rodriguez, publisher of QBR the Black Book Review. It has been held annually in Harlem,
New York City, since then. Other venues have been established in cities across the country (i.e.) San Diego, CA, Boston, MA; Chicago,IL; etc. Long Island became an additional venue in 2003.

The book fair will take place outdoors, from noon until 6:00 p.m., at the Freeport Recreation Center, 130 East Merrick Road, Freeport NY.
In case of inclement weather, it will be held in the recreation center's gymnasium. Story-tellers, clowns, face-painters and a balloon-twister will entertain the children.

On Thursday, September 9th, at 6:30 p.m., noted author and historian, William Loren Katz, will deliver a lecture and slide presentation
based on his book, "Black Indians" at the Freeport Memorial Library,144 West Merrick Road, Freeport.

An Author's Reception will be held on Friday, September 10th in the Mezzanine Lounge at the recreation center, from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00
p.m. Authors will discuss their work and a buffet dinner will be served. Entertainment will be provided by the phenomenal blues singer/guitarist, Ray "The Blues Man" Schinnery. There is an admission charge of $45.00 for the Authors Reception.

There will be a Writer's Workshop and two panel discussions in connection with the book fair. Elizabeth Nunez, Distinguished Professor of English at City University, New York, is conducting the workshop. Attendees for the workshop must pre-register. Registrants
may submit manuscripts by August 13th. Ms. Nunez and staff will choose ten of the submitted manuscripts and critique them. The workshop will be held at the Freeport Recreation Center, Saturday, September 11th from 10:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

The book fair will open at noon and the panel discussions will begin at 1:00 p.m. The first panel of noted authors and radio personalities
will discuss "Why You Should Read What I Write". The second panel will discuss Up from Underground: The History of Blacks in America,
at 3:00 p.m.

The hosting of the Harlem Book Fair on Long Island is made possible by supporters: Verizon, Freeport C.D.A., and Astoria Federal
Savings. For inquiries call 516-867-7480.