Leslie Esdaile Banks

Leslie Esdaile Banks (born December 11, 1959) is an African American writer. She has written in various genres, including African American literature, romance, women's fiction, crime suspense, dark fantasy/horror and non-fiction. Banks started her career over ten years ago. She was born and raised in Philadelphia and she currently resides in University City, Philadelphia. Leslie writes under various pseudonyms: LA Banks, Leslie Esdaile, Leslie Banks and Leslie Esdaile Banks. In her ever steady and increasing career, she has won several literary awards and is the current Essence Literary Awards Storyteller of the Year (2008). [http://www.leslieesdailebanks.com/about.php Leslie Biography] "leslieesdailebanks.com" August 2006] [ [http://www.accessromance.com/authors/banks.php Essence's Literary Winners] "essence.com"]

Biography

Banks has contributed to magazines, newspaper columns, and has written commercial fiction for five major publishers: St. Martin’s Press (NYC), Simon and Schuster (NYC), Kensington Publishing (NYC), BET/Arabesque (NYC), and Genesis Press (MS). [ [http://www.accessromance.com/authors/banks.php Access Romance] "accessromance.com"]

Books one and two of "The Vampire Huntress Legend Series" ("Minion" and "The Awakening", respectively), have been optioned for Hollywood films by GothamBeach Entertainment and Griot Entertainment. Originally a nine book series, "The Vampire Huntress Legend Series" has now been expanded to twelve books. [ [http://www.gothambeach.com/ Gotham Beach Entertainment] "gothambeach.com"]

Leslie Esdaile Banks is a founding partner of The Liars Club, a networking group of professional in publishing and other aspects of entertainment that includes Gregory Frost, v, Jon McGoran, Duane Swierczynski, Ed Pettit, Laura Schrock, William Lashner and Kelly Simmons.

Bibliography (pseudonyms)

Leslie Esdaile

ROMANCE
* Sundance (1996)
* Slow Burn (1997)
* Love Notes (2001)
* Love Lessons (2001)
* River of Souls (2001)
* Love Potions (2002)
* Still Waters Run Deep (2002)
* Tomorrow’s Promise (2002)
* Through the Storm (2002)
* Sister Got Game (2004)
* Keepin’ It Real (2005)
* Take Me There (2006)
* Better Than (June 2008)

* “Home For The Holidays” in Midnight Clear (et. al) (2000) (*)
* “Time Enough for Love” in After the Vows (et. al) (2001) (*)
* “Valentine’s Love” in Candlelight and You (et. al) (2003) (*)
* “Shameless” in Sisterhood of Shopaholics (et. al) (2003) (*)
* “A 'No Drama' Valentine's” in Valentin's Day is Killing Me (et. al) (2006) (*)

NON-FICTION

* How To Write A Romance For The New Market (1999) (*)

Leslie E. Banks

ROMANCE

* Soul Food: For Better, For Worse (2002)
* Soul Food: Through Thick and Thin (2003)

Leslie Banks

NON-FICTION

* “Light at the End of the Tunnel” in Chicken Soup for the African American Soul (2004) (*)

Leslie Esdaile Banks

CRIME/SUSPENSE

* Betrayal of the Trust (2004)
* Blind Trust (2005)
* Shattered Trust (2006)
* No Trust (final book) (September 2007)

LA Banks

CRIME/SUSPENSE

* Scarface, The Beginning, Volume 1 (2006)
* Scarface, Point of No Return, Volume 2 (TBD)

PARANORMAL

"The Vampire Huntress Legend Series":

(12 Book Series)

* Minion (trade paperback) (Book 1) (2003)
* Minion (mass market) (2004)
* The Awakening (trade paperback) (Book 2) (2004)
* The Awakening (mass market) (2004)
* The Hunted (trade paperback) (Book 3) (2004)
* The Hunted (mass market) (2005)
* The Bitten(trade paperback) (Book 4) (2005)
* The Bitten (mass market) (2005)
* The Forbidden (trade paperback) (Book 5) (2005)
* The Forbidden (mass market) (2006)
* The Damned (trade paperback) (Book 6) (2006)
* The Damned (mass market) (2007)
* The Forsaken (trade paperback) (Book 7) (2006)
* The Forsaken (mass market) (2007)
* The Wicked (trade paperback) (Book 8) (2007)
* The Wicked (mass market) (Book 8) (2008)
* The Cursed (trade paperback) (Book 9) (2007)
* The Cursed (mass market) (Book 9) (2008)
* The Darkness (trade paperback) (Book 10) (2008)
* The Shadows (trade paperback) (Book 11) (2008)
* The Thirteenth (trade paperback) (Book 12) (2009)

NOTE: The Darkness (10), The Shadows (11), and The Thirteenth (12) are called The Armageddon Finale to The Vampire Huntress (trademark) Legend Series.

"Crimson Moon Novels":
* Bad Blood: A Crimson Moon Novel (Book 1) April (2008)
* Bite The Bullet: A Crimson Moon Novel (Book 2)September (2008)
* Undead on Arrival: A Crimson Moon Novel (Book 3) (2009)

OTHER PARANORMAL

* Stroke Of Midnight (et. al) (2004) (*)(New York Times bestseller extended list 2004)

* Dark Dreams (edited by Brandon Massey) (2004) (*)
* Voices From the Other Side: Dark Dreams 2 (edited by Brandon Massey) (2006) (*)
* Love at First Bite (et. al) (2006) (*)
* My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (edited by P.N. Elrod) (2006) (*)
* Vegas Bites (et. al) (2006) (*)
* Creepin' (edited by Monica Jackson) (2007) (*)
* Dark Delicacies 2 (et. al) (2007) (*)
* On the Line (et. al) (2007) (*)
* Hotter Than Hell (edited by Kim Harrison) (2008) (*)
* The Darker Mask (edited by Gary Phillips and Christopher Chambers (2008) (*)
* The Ancestors (et. al) (2008) (*)

(*) Indicates story was featured in an anthology.

Articles

Articles written by Leslie Esdaile Banks:

* [http://www.fictionfactor.com/guests/realism.html Fiction Factor – Building Characters Through Realism]
* [http://www.asap-online.org/esdaile-article.html Authors Supporting Authors Positively]

External links

* [http://www.leslieesdailebanks.com Leslie Esdaile Banks Website]
* [http://www.vampire-huntress.com The Vampire Huntress Legend Series Website]
* [http://www.crimsonmoonnovels.com Crimson Moon Novels Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/phillywriter Official Leslie Banks MySpace]

Interviews

* [http://www.romanceincolor.com/authormthesdaile.htm Romance in Color]
* [http://www.thesistahcircle.com/interview-lebanks.htm The Sister Circle Book Club]
* [http://www.writersnewsweekly.com/literary_spotlight_leslie_banks.html WritersNewsWeekly.com Literary Spotlight]

Reviews

* [http://pnr.thebestreviews.com/author164 Paranormal romance Reviews]
* [http://thebestreviews.com/author3282 The Best Reviews]

References