Storytelling & Inspiration to help you thrive.
About the Author...
Stacy Hawkins Adams has a gift for weaving tales in both fiction and nonfiction that help readers grow confident in their own stories. She has penned 12 books — nine women's fiction novels and three nonfiction books.
Her fiction features themes related to personal growth, matters of faith, friendship and family, and some of her novels have been featured reading selections in high school and college courses. They include Coming Home (a Target stores Recommended Read); The Someday List (an Essence magazine bestseller), and Dreams That Won't Let Go (a Library of Virginia Literary Award finalist).
Stacy's nonfiction work includes Abound! Principles for Next Level Living, a compilation of original quotes through which she inspires readers to live authentically; a faith-based devotional book, Who Speaks To Your Heart?, and most recently, a single-poem chapbook titled The Pivot.
Stacy is a recent recipient of the Motivational Author of the Year award from the National Black Book Festival. She also was honored with a Central Virginia Communications & Leadership Award that Toastmasters International gives to non-members.
Before becoming an author, Stacy was a newspaper reporter for more than a decade. She went on to build a freelance writing career, through which she has penned articles and columns for local and national publications, such the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Heart & Soul magazine, AARP and Our Daily Bread. She also served as a contributing blogger for the Huff Post for several years.
Stacy currently maintains a blog called Life Untapped, through which she encourages readers to embrace their relevance. She also shares motivational messages on WTVR CBS 6's Virginia This Morning - Richmond's only morning news show.
The special events she intermittently curates for readers and writers - her popular Celebrating the Power of Women's Stories™ brunches - have served as the foundation of her inspirational YouTube interviews that showcase compelling personal stories.
Stacy leads writing workshops and teaches at writers conferences in central Virginia where she is based, around the nation and globally. She also serves as a keynote speaker for corporate, civic, and faith-based audiences on the themes of personal development and leadership, the impact of storytelling, and how to live Life Untapped.
Beyond the literary world, Stacy is a strategic communications professional and longtime community volunteer. She is also the proud and grateful Mom of two young adult children.
