About Author Odessa Rose

ODESSA ROSE received her B.A. in English from Coppin State University and her M.A. in Literature from the University of Maryland at College Park. She is the author of Water In A Broken Glass, which was her first novel. This intriguing story captured the #6 spot on the On-Demand Best Seller list, received the Just About Books Annual Book Award, is ranked #17 on Accredited Online Colleges’ 20 Essential Novels For African-American Women list, was recorded for the Maryland School for the Blind, is included in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature, Ethnic American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students, and Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction. In 2018, Water In A Broken Glass was adapted into an award-winning feature film of the same title. Her second novel, In the Mirror received the African American Expo Award for Fiction. Rose's third novel, Kizmic's Journey,was published to shining reviews. Rose is a member of the Black Writers Guild of Maryland. She and her husband are the creators of the television magazine, This Is Baltimore, Too. She is recording and producing the audiobook for Kizmic's Journey and has recently written and produced several independent short horror films, the biggest one to date is Stay Your Butt Out Da Woods. Rose and her family own and operator Cool Water Publishing House, as well as an online used bookstore, The Roses Bookshop. She resides in her hometown of Baltimore with her husband and their three children.