About the author

Sharon J. Willis

<p>Dr. Sharon J. Willis is an avid researcher of African American history and has written and premiered 9 plays and 14 operas, most of them also written with African American historical subjects.&nbsp; This is the author&rsquo;s first novel with plans to write two more works by 2020.&nbsp; Currently, she is the Department Chair of Music at Morris Brown College, and the Founding Director of Americolor Opera in Atlanta (www.americoloropera.org).&nbsp; Willis holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Georgia; a Master&rsquo;s in Church Music, Scarritt Graduate School; a Master&rsquo;s in Music, Georgia State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Clark College( CAU). To engage the author for book signings, lectures, or related events, please contact Ms. Deborah McCrimmon, Administrative Assistant at info@americoloropera.org.</p>