Zane (author)
Pseudonym of author Kristina Laferne Roberts
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::summary Pseudonym of author Kristina Laferne Roberts ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Zane |
| birth_name | Kristina Laferne Roberts |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| occupation | Writer |
| genre | Erotic fiction |
| period | 1997–present |
| :: |
|name= Zane |birth_name =Kristina Laferne Roberts |birth_date = |birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. |occupation = Writer |genre = Erotic fiction |period = 1997–present
Kristina Laferne Roberts (born 1966/1967), She is best known for her novel Addicted.
Biography
Kristina Laferne Roberts grew up in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, Maryland. Her father, J. Deotis Roberts, was an influential theologian and author, and her mother Elizabeth Caldwell Roberts was an elementary school teacher. Roberts attended Spelman College in Atlanta for one year, then moved Howard University to major in chemical engineering (without graduating).
In 1997, Zane began writing erotic stories to pass the time after her children went to bed. She was living in North Carolina and working as a sales representative. The stories developed a following on the Internet and she self-published The Sex Chronicles before landing a deal with Simon & Schuster. Zane is the publisher of Strebor Books (now part of Atria Books at Simon & Schuster), where she publishes 36–60 books a year by other authors.
Her work was the basis for the Cinemax program Zane's Sex Chronicles. A subsequent project, Zane's The Jump Off, premiered March 29, 2013, on Cinemax. The first feature film based on one of her works, Addicted, was released by Lionsgate on October 10, 2014.
In 2014, she was cited by Comptroller of Maryland Peter Franchot as one of Maryland's top tax cheats, owing the state $340,833.58. On June 11, 2014, Zane filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland, claiming total liabilities of more than $3.4 million.
Her work is mentioned in sociologist Shayne Lee's book Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality, and Popular Culture. In it, Lee discusses Zane's work as an example of "urban erotica [that helps] create safe spaces for black female characters to explore lust and embark upon sexual experimentation."
Bibliography
Zane's publications include:
- The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth
- Addicted
- Shame On It All
- Gettin’ Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles II
- The Heat Seekers
- Nervous
- The Sisters of APF
- Skyscraper
- Afterburn
- Dear G-Spot: Straight Talk about Sex and Love
- Zane’s Sex Chronicles
- Head Bangers: An APF Sexcapade
- Total Eclipse of the Heart
- Love Is Never Painless
- Flava Series: Honey Flava, Caramel Flava, Chocolate Flava
- Purple Panties
- Missionary No More
- The Hot Box
- Vengeance
- The Other Side of the Pillow (2018)
References
References
- Sachs, Andrea. ""Queen of Erotica" Zane On How Fifty Shades Affects the Sexy-Book Scene". Time.
- O'Sullivan, Michael. (2014-10-10). "'Addicted' movie review: Zane's bestselling book bares all on the big screen". The Washington Post.
- ''[[Salisbury Post]]'' obituary July 24 to 28, 2019{{full citation needed. (October 2024)
- Moser, Laura. (June 21, 2015). "Zane, the Queen of Erotica, Has a Secret.".
- (June 11, 2007). "Erotic author Zane is famous but anonymous".
- (June 11, 2007). "Writer makes name with sex".
- "Black Authors Celebrated At Anguilla's 4th Annual Literary Festival".
- Weinbach, Jon. (May 10, 2010). "Soft-core porn still hot stuff on cable TV". [[Los Angeles Times]].
- (March 29, 2013). "Zane Jumps Off Into Television [INTERVIEW]".
- Miska, Brad. (June 20, 2014). "Lionsgate Gets 'Addicted' to New Sexy Thriller".
- Kunkle, Fredrick. (January 27, 2014). "Prince George's author of steamy fiction tops list of Maryland's tax cheats, comptroller says". Washington Post.
- Brown, Doreen. (October 4, 2014). "Author Zane filed for bankruptcy as her new movie, 'Addicted,' was in production". Washington Post.
- Lee, Shayne. ''Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality and Popular Culture''. Hamilton Books. 2010.
- "Zane Book List." CHUH Library – Home. Web. September 13, 2010. http://heightslibrary.org
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