NATIONAL BLACK BOOK FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDER, GWEN RICHARDSON,
LAUNCHES NEW NOVEL AT 2012 EVENT

June 4, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOUSTON, TX – Gwen Richardson, co-founder and national coordinator of the 5^th annual National Black Book Festival, will launch her new novel, The Genesis Files, at the 2012 event. Although this is Ms. Richardson’s second published book, it is her first work of fiction.

The Genesis Files is set entirely in Houston and features the main character, Lloyd Palmer, a reporter for the city’s fictitious daily paper, the Houston Ledger. Palmer’s job should have fulfilled his lifelong dream of being a journalist. But, along with being exhausted from the daily coverage of murders and mayhem in the nation’s fourth largest city, he’s hit a glass ceiling at work, and his editor, Ed Jackson, goes out of his way to make Lloyd’s life miserable.

While interviewing potential witnesses to a murder-suicide at a Houston high-rise, Lloyd meets a mysterious stranger who subsequently leads him down a path which changes his life. But Lloyd’s journey is fraught with peril, as both he and his family barely escape a hired assassin.

Ms. Richardson’s book launch party will be held at 5:00 p.m. at the Festival at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Houston, at 401 Dallas Street.

The Genesis Files is available in both paperback and Kindle formats. Autographed copies are available exclusively through her web site: www.gwenrichardson.com.

The book trailer for The Genesis Files can be viewed on YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1E7KJ4dBAQ

The National Black Book Festival is held each year in Houston. More than 100 African-American authors and thousands of book club members and readers converge in Houston during the largest indoor gathering of African-American authors in the U.S. Participating authors from more than 30 states will showcase, sign and sell their books during the weekend event.

For more information, visit the Festival web site: www.nationalblackbookfestival.com or call the National Black Book Festival headquarters at 1-800-340-5454.

Contact:

Gwen Richardson, National Coordinator

info@nationalblackbookfestival.com

1-800-340-5454

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