About
Stacy Hawkins Adams is the author of 12 books that helps readers find meaning in their own journeys. She has penned nine women's fiction novels and three inspirational nonfiction books, and she is at work on a new novel.
Her fiction features themes related to personal growth, authentic friendship, family ties, and matters of faith, and some of her novels have been featured reading selections in high school and college courses. They include the enduring reader favorite, Watercolored Pearls; 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 a compilation of original quotes in a notecard collection that features the photography of actress/author Daphne Maxwell Reid, and most recently, a single-poem chapbook titled The Pivot.
Stacy is a 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 and columnist. She currently maintains an inspirational blog titled Still Unfolding.
She also delivers motivational messages live on air several times a month for her local CBS affiliate's Virginia This Morning news show. Her morning news segments, and a series of interviews that showcase compelling personal stories, can be found on her YouTube channel.
Stacy teaches writing workshops several times a year in her local community, 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, leadership and the power of storytelling.
Beyond the literary world, Stacy is a strategic communications professional.
Featured Work
Coming Home
If forgiving your ex-husband was easy, everybody would do it. Brent had betrayed Dayna and coldly said goodbye to her seven long years ago—dashing her hopes of having children or growing old with the love of her life. Working hard to make herself successful as a hospital executive, Dayna has moved on, finding comfort in a new dating relationship with a kind colleague, Warren.
But when Brent resurfaces on her doorstep at just the wrong time, Dayna’s heart threatens to come unglued. Why is Brent asking for forgiveness now? And why are he and his new wife, Tamara, interested in reconciliation with Dayna?
The unbelievable answers in Coming Home begin to surface as Brent boldly asks Dayna to support him at the most crucial time of his life. While Tamara’s heart brims with guilt, both women will discover what it means to reach beyond pain and baggage to love unconditionally.
This novel was the first of three books in Stacy Hawkins Adams' Winds of Change series. It was her seventh traditionally published book overall.
