Brenda Hampton is an Essence bestselling author. She was named a Favorite Female Fiction writer in Upscale magazine, and was awarded the Best Female Writer by readers and Infini Promoters. When she is not writing, Hampton manages her own insurance business in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Rose Jackson-Beavers is a popular public speaker and presenter, a published author, and the owner of Prioritybooks Publications. She is the author of A Sinner's Cry, A Holiday Wish, and Backroom Confessions, and is the coauthor, with Brenda Hampton, of Full Figured 5: Plus Size Divas.