Crystal Lacey Winslow Explained

Crystal Lacey Winslow
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:American
Genre:Fiction
Notableworks:Life, Love & Loneliness
The Criss Cross
Tale of a Train Wreck Lifestyle

Crystal Lacey Winslow is an American author, agent, and book publisher from Brooklyn, New York. She is the founder of Melodrama Publishing, an American independent publishing house based in East Patchogue, New York, that specializes in urban fiction novels geared toward women.

Writing career and Melodrama Publishing

In 2001, Winslow founded Melodrama Publishing, a New York-based company, and self-financed her first novel, Life, Love & Loneliness, in June 2002. Within eight weeks that novel had independently sold out its first print run and was on the Essence Magazine bestseller list.[1] Following the overall success of Life, Love & Loneliness, Winslow opened a bookstore in 2003 called Melodrama Books & Things in Far Rockaway, Queens. This was the town's first bookstore in decades.[2] [3] [4]

In 2004 Simon & Schuster Pocket Books printed the first edition of Four Degrees of Heat with Brenda L. Thomas, Rochelle Alers, and ReShonda Tate Billingsley.[5] Winslow’s second novel, The Criss Cross, and Kiki Swinson’s first novel, Wifey, were released by Melodrama Publishing that year.[6]

Publications such as Black Enterprise, the New York Daily News, and Publishers Weekly covered Winslow’s accomplishments, and in 2005 Vibe.com referred to her as "Melodrama's Queen Pen".[7]

In 2008 Winslow ghostwrote Cartier Cartel by Nisa Santiago, and that novel launched a series of lawsuits, with Winslow and Melodrama Publishing on the defense.[8] Throughout five years of legal battles, Winslow remained silent, choosing to not comment or defend her position through social media. Melodrama was eventually vindicated in all legal matters.

Moving forward, Melodrama Publishing launched its Brooklyn Books imprint in 2014.[9]

Winslow Shim Literary Agency

In 2007, Winslow started the Winslow Shim Literary Agency. Since creating the company, Winslow has brokered book deals for clients with major and independent publishing houses.

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anderson. Keisha. Trusting Your Instincts Crystal Winslow followed her heart to become an author. Black Enterprise. February 2004 . April 27, 2013.
  2. Web site: Entrepreneur Brings Bookstore To Far Rockaway. The Wave. May 22, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624104702/http://www.rockawave.com/news/2003-08-22/Community/002.html. June 24, 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Louie. Rebecca. SHE'S ALREADY ALL THAT At just 25, author Crystal Lacey Winslow has written her own success story. August 19, 2004. Daily News. New York.
  4. Web site: Melodrama Publishing Makes a Mark. Publishers Weekly.
  5. Book: Four Degrees of Heat: A Collection of Sexy Summer Escapades. July 2004. Gallery Books. 0743491459.
  6. Book: The Criss Cross. August 2004. Melodrama Publishing. 978-0971702127. registration.
  7. Web site: Razzaq . Baria . Melodrama's Queen Pen, Crystal Lacey Winslow . Vibe.com . May 22, 2016 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20060203184920/http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2005/10/melodramas_crystal_lacey_winslow/ . February 3, 2006 .
  8. Web site: Orzeck. Kurt. Author's Pen Name Was Really Trademark Fraud, Judge Rules. Law 360. May 22, 2016.
  9. U.S. Trademark Reg no. filed Oct. 29, 2014, reg. Mar. 31, 2015. Accessed May 22, 2016.

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