Today’s guest is Katrina Jackson, best-selling writer of over twenty novels. She joins me to discuss her prolific career. Katrina discusses some of her early reading practices, writing her first romance, a self-published book titled Encore, and why she publishes affirming images of Black women. She also recounts how her life as a pre and post tenured historian in the Academy informs some of her novels’ themes. She and I also discuss several of her books: From Scratch, Office Hours, The Hitman, Encore, Grand Theft New Year’s Eve, and her current release Back in the Day. An Associate Professor of history, Katrina is a college professor by day who writes romances by weekend when her cats allow. She writes high heat, diverse and mostly queer erotic romances and erotica. She can be reached at @katrinajax. Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast. Creator and Producer of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman Sound Design: Juelle Daley; a_caju_creative Artwork: Kyle Gabb; Marciano_arts Katrina Jackson’s Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Katrina-Jackson/e/B01GAF7X2Q%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Office Hours: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086HXGL86/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 Back in the Day: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091G63SW9/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6 From Scratch: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077RCHLQJ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6 The Hitman: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CGS9YJ8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i8 Grand Theft New Year’s Eve: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z268N51/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p2_i0