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Omar Tyree

Omar Tyree
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Omar Tyree

New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. His books include Boss Lady, Diary of a Groupie, Leslie, Just Say No!, For the Love of Money, Sweet St. Louis, Single Mom, A Do Right Man, and Flyy Girl. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. To learn more about Omar Tyree, visit his website at OmarTyree.com.

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Single Mom will be released on November 27, 2012 in Mass Market Paperback
Nov 27, 2012
Single Mom is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Nov 27, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Diary of a Groupie
Aug 31, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from For the Love of Money
Aug 31, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Sweet St. Louis
Aug 30, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Leslie
Aug 30, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from A Do Right Man
Aug 30, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Dark Thirst
Jul 20, 2012
Dirty Old Men (And Other Stories) will be released on August 10, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Aug 10, 2010
Dirty Old Men (And Other Stories) is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 10, 2010
Audio Excerpt:
Just Say No!
Jan 08, 2010
Dirty Old Men (And Other Stories) will be released on October 06, 2009 in eBook
Oct 06, 2009
Dirty Old Men (And Other Stories) is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 06, 2009
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Chapter 1 from Dirty Old Men (And Other Stories)
Sep 05, 2009
Pecking Order is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 11, 2009
Pecking Order will be released on August 04, 2009 in Trade Paperback
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University of Delaware, May 17, 2013
...Alumni Ambassadors (SAA) recently had the opportunity to share their study abroad experiences with the accomplished American writer Omar Tyree. Tyree is one of a few writers to have best sellers in multiple categories, including fiction, business and...
Associated Content, April 19, 2013
...Moore Campbell, J. California Cooper, E. Lynn Harris, Walter Mosley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Anita Hill, Michael Baisden and Omar Tyree all captured the essence of contemporary black life by developing literature that America hasn't read or seen before. ...
World News Network, April 15, 2013
...Moore Campbell, J. California Cooper, E. Lynn Harris, Walter Mosley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Anita Hill, Michael Baisden and Omar Tyree all captured the essence of contemporary black life by developing literature that America hasn't read or seen before....
Examiner.com, April 15, 2013
...The world had no expectations for the explosion of Black authors who churned out contemporary urban fiction books in the early, mid and late 1990’s. These authors such as Terry McMillan, Bebe Moore Campbell, J. California Cooper, E......
BlackNews.com, April 1, 2013
...engaging interviews with notables including Hill Harper, Octavia Spencer, Walter Mosley, Common, Tyrese, Roland Martin, Zane, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Omar Tyree, Angie Stone, Prodigy, Michael Beckwith, Ledisi, Eric Jerome Dickey, Keli Goff, Scandal's Judy...
PRLog, March 1, 2013
...Productions Inc., a full-service theatre agency based in Georgia, announced a collaboration with New York Times best-selling author Omar Tyree to adapt and produce the stageplay "A Do Right Man" based on the novel by the same name that chronicles the...
AL.com, February 20, 2013
...popular modern African-American writers recommended by library staffers including Eric Jerome Dickey, Mary B. Morrison, Kimberla Lawson Roby, Omar Tyree and Carl Weber. Celebrate Black History Month by selecting a title from our vast collection of...
University of Delaware, May 25, 2013
...Student Alumni Ambassadors recently had the opportunity to share their study abroad experiences with the accomplished American writer Omar Tyree. Also in this issue: More than a quarter-million students across the United States went on study abroad...
University of Delaware, May 24, 2013
...Student Alumni Ambassadors recently had the opportunity to share their study abroad experiences with the accomplished American writer Omar Tyree. "I'm so excited by the opportunity to have this experience," she said. "I'm not a language major, but I...
University of Delaware, May 21, 2013
...Student Alumni Ambassadors recently had the opportunity to share their study abroad experiences with the accomplished American writer Omar Tyree. Funded by the Institute for Global Studies and individual faculty and staff in music and the College of...
University of Delaware, May 17, 2013
...Alumni Ambassadors (SAA) recently had the opportunity to share their study abroad experiences with the accomplished American writer Omar Tyree. Tyree is one of a few writers to have best sellers in multiple categories, including fiction, business and...
Quad-Cities Online, January 17, 2013
...Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Observance with author Omar Tyree 11 a.m., Heritage Hall, Building 60, Rock Island Arsenal. Free. Solo Steppers (square and round dances) 7:30-10 p.m., Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 415 W...
PR inside, November 7, 2012
...its third year,the BUBF is currently Baltimore's only African American book festival.With past guest like Omar Tyree,Nike Turner,Kwan,Book T Mattison and Andre Carter from the Braxton family values. The BUBF : www.bubf.com is proud to announce early...
Indiewire, November 1, 2012
...I remember Omar Tyree's announcement in late 2009, that he'd formed a production company to see his novels adapted to film, and TV, with Leslie, being the first novel to get...