Wendy Raven McNair's Young Adult Fantasy Series Featuring African American Teen Super Beings Continues to Soar

Online, October 28, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Wendy Raven McNair's Young Adult Fantasy Series Featuring African American Teen Super Beings Continues to Soar

Author Wendy Raven McNair Debuts Her Greatly Anticipated Fantasy Novel, Awake, Book 2 in the Asleep Trilogy a New African American Tale About the Secret World of Super Beings

(Atlanta, GA)
The demand for more variety in African American Young Adult titles is fueling the success of the Asleep trilogy by author Wendy Raven McNair. The trilogy chronicles the fantasy adventures of African American teen super beings.

"This started off as a simple desire to write a story my teen daughter couldn't find which was a fantasy story featuring an African American teen girl as the lead character. In 2009 I released Asleep, the first book in the trilogy, and quickly discovered many other teens like my daughter who've been searching for this same kind of story reflecting them in the title role. The bonus is that the story has crossed gender, age, and racial lines to make it a favorite of a variety of readers." ~ McNair

Awake, book 2 of the trilogy, was recently released October 2010. Asleep introduced the lead character, Adisa, to the secret world of super beings. Now Awake continues the story, reuniting Adisa with the birth parents who abandoned her in a cotton field when she was only three years old. While entertaining readers with a powerful mix of romance and superpowers, McNair infuses her stories with a positive message stressing self-reliance and inner strength.

"L. A. Banks is working on a Young Adult series featuring African American teens and Tananarive Due plans to feature a character from one of her previous stories, exploring how the young African American girl adapts to an incredible power she was born with. So even African American fantasy authors who've found success writing for mature audiences recognize the importance of creating stories that reflect strong African American female characters for younger audiences." ~ McNair

Upcoming literary events for McNair include:
Oct. 30, 6pm - Urban Grind (962 Marietta St., Atlanta, GA 30318)
Nov. 6, 12 noon - Charis Books and More (1189 Euclid Ave., Atlanta, GA 30307)
Nov. 13, 3:30pm - Sandy Springs Branch Library (395 Mount Vernon Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30328)
Dec. 5, (time TBA) - BORDERS book store (The Avenue 4475 Roswell Rd, Marietta, GA 30062)
Dec. 11, 12 noon - BORDERS book store (The Avenue 4475 Roswell Rd, Marietta, GA 30062)
Dec. 23, (time TBA) - BORDERS book store (The Avenue 4475 Roswell Rd, Marietta, GA 30062)

McNair's novels, Asleep and Awake, are available at amazon.com.

CONTACT
Author web site http://wendyravenmcnair.com
Author Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000271138151
Author Twitter page http://twitter.com/wendyravemcnair

ADDRESS
Wendy Raven McNair
P.O. Box 72021
Marietta, GA 30007

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