Kimberla Lawson Roby

|birth_place=Rockford, Illinois, U.S. |occupation= |alma_mater=Auburn Senior High School
Rock Valley College
Cardinal Stritch University |awards=NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction (2013) |spouse= |parents=Lucius "L.B." Lawson
Arletha Tennin Stapleton }} Kimberla Lawson Roby (born May 3, 1965, in Rockford, Illinois) is an American author and speaker. She is best known for her "Reverend Curtis Black" series, and for her depiction of real-life social issues in a fictional format. It was only after the urging of readers that her sixth novel and second title in the series was written. This title, ''Too Much of a Good Thing'', became her first ''New York Times'' bestselling novel. Provided by Wikipedia