Delorys Welch-Tyson

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Location

Villefranche Sur Mer, Alpes Martimes, France

Birthday

November 25

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Author/Artist

Bio

I am a figurative painter and writer who, for a number of years, worked in the fields of advertising and publishing; as a media planner, an editor for various publications, then as editor and chief of a national feminist newspaper. In addition I found the time to have numerous exhibitions of my artwork in various galleries in the United States and Europe. In the early 80s, I founded The Rainbow Connection Art Gallery in Tribeca, NYC, which featured the artwork of child prodigies. I decided to change direction in my career partially due to the popularity of the voices from the American Black community which emerged in the 90s. I became an author, publishing my first book, the bestselling novel, GINGERSNAPS, with the Random House Publishing Group. GINGERSNAPS appeared for 4 months on Essence Magazine’s Blackboard Bestseller List. After the 9/11 distaster, I published my second novel, LADYFINGERS which is a sequel to GINGERSNAPS. In fact, GINGERSNAPS and LADYFINGERS are part of a 4-part series which I call my "Cookie Quartet." Presently, I am working on the third installment, entitled ALMOND COOKIE. The fourth will be entitled MACAROONS. Having lived and traveled throughout the United States, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, I discovered that my home and my muse was in the South of France. Since 1999, my husband and I have been living on the French Riviera, where I continue to write and pursue my painting. Enjoying both the Mediterranean lifestyle of the coast and the urbane, Gallic-style café life, we have decided to divide our time between the South of France and Paris.