Stacy is a nationally acclaimed author, speaker and freelance journalist whose novels help readers laugh, heal and seek to lead more meaningful lives.

Her contemporary women's fiction infuses faith, social issues and personal themes with creative plots. As her characters navigate life, they wind up understanding themselves, and God, better.

Her debut novel, Speak To My Heart, was voted 2004 Best New Multicultural Christian Fiction and has been used in the English Department curriculum at James Madison University. Stacy was named 2004 Best New Multicultural Christian Fiction Author by Shades of Romance Magazine.  Black Expressions Book Club dubbed her a literary "Rising Star."

Her second book, Nothing But the Right Thing, has been a Barnes & Noble local bestseller, a Black Expressions Book Club Main Selection, and was chosen as a 2006 Summer Reading "Featured Selection" for Sybil's Book Club on the syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show.  The book was nominated for a 2007 Library of Virginia Literary Award in the fiction category.

Watercolored Pearls, her recently released third novel, deals with the issues of self-esteem, grace, transformation and God's abiding love. It continues to garner rave reviews from readers and book critics.

In April 2008, Stacy's first novella, My Mother's Shadow, will be featured in This Far By Faith, an anthology containing three tales about mother and daughter relationships. The anthology (published by Harlequin/Kimani Press) will also feature the short novels of bestselling authors Linda Hudson-Smith and Kendra Norman-Bellamy.

A former reporter and columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Stacy now freelances for a variety of mainstream and faith-based publications. Her work has appeared in the AARP Bulletin, Gospel Today and Heart & Soul magazines, and on www.Crosswalk.com.  She publishes a nationally-distributed electronic newsletter called Life Untapped™ that highlights inspirational fiction and nonfiction authors and writing industry news each month. She also pens an online parenting column for Virginia Governor Tim Kaine's Smart Beginnings initiative and writes Life Notes, a bi-monthly newspaper column for busy mothers.

Stacy regularly appears on national and local radio programs to discuss the themes of self-acceptance, forgiveness and unconditional love that provide the foundation for her novels.  Her journalistic work has allowed her to serve as an occasional broadcast reporter, and she has been a featured guest on the Montel Williams Show.

She holds an undergraduate degree in journalism and continues to hone her writing skills through various journalistic and creative writing seminars, including the Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University. She is the founding president of the Richmond affiliate of the American Christian Fiction Writers. 

Stacy is also an inspirational speaker who shares with corporate, civic,college and faith-based audiences messages designed to help them pursue their life's purpose with more faith and confidence.

When she's not writing or speaking, she devotes considerable time to promoting youth literacy and other child advocacy endeavors.

A native of Arkansas, Stacy and her husband live in suburban Richmond, Virginia with their two children.  She recently completed a fourth novel, which is slated for release in early 2009.