Remembering
Francis Ray
“ She would actually blush when she had to read the sensual scenes in her book . Sometimes she couldn ’ t finish because she couldn ’ t look at the audience . I thought it was the sweetest thing . On the Wal * Mart Tour , when Dream Girls came on the screen , her arms went up and she swayed from side to side singing every tune .” — Naleighna Kai
“ She was a kind and talented writer . I had the pleasure of interviewing her and she was so humble and down to earth . I remember her telling how she was still working as a school nurse and writing . Gone too soon for sure .” — Kisha Frazier
“ I never met her but I love her books . I think she even sent me one that I was looking for and couldn ’ t find it .”— Jennifer Copeland
“ Cavalcade Crimson Ball . I think 2010 at Navy Pier , Francis Ray , Donna Hill and Beverly Jenkins SB Moss and myself were eating lunch . Then we went back to the hotel to nap while everybody else went shopping .”— Laverne AsIam
“ I never met her , but she was one of my first African American romance authors . I loved her books .”— LaToya Hopkins-Kimbrough
“ She loved Pepsi and she would always scold me wanting to know who I killed off in my book !” — Donna Hill