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Myth, Madness and the Moor (Volume 1) First Edition

About Tina Andrews

Tina Andrews is an award-winning writer, producer, director, and visual artist. Her nonfiction book Sally Hemings: An American Scandal: The Struggle To Tell The Controversial True Story won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literary Nonfiction and the Literary Award of Excellence from the Memphis Writers Conference.

The book chronicled her award-winning CBS miniseries, Sally Hemings: An American Scandal, which she wrote and co-executive produced. It was the highest rated, most watched miniseries of the season, garnering Andrews the Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Television Long Form, and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding TV Movie, Miniseries, or Special.

The miniseries was based on her play which she directed, The Mistress of Monticello, which had its premiere at the Chicago Writers Workshop to critical acclaim. Additionally, her contribution to film and television led Andrews to be honored with the MIB/Prism Filmmaker Image Award, and a Proclamation from the City Council of New York.

Miss Andrews was also writer and executive producer of the CBS miniseries Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and she wrote the Warner Bros. film Why Do Fools Fall In Love?, starring Halle Berry. She also wrote, produced, and directed the hugely popular Showtime animated series Sistas 'n the City; and she has an essay in the book The First Time I Got Paid For It: Writers' Tales From The Hollywood Trenches. In addition, Miss Andrews has published essays in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, as well as Written By, Contents, and Creative Screenwriting magazines.