Roxann Latimer is a writer, poet, journalist, artist, and entrepreneur. Since 1997 she has been Publisher and Editor in Chief of the award winning multicultural magazine, Women In Motion and Nation 2 Nation News, Roxann has been writing articles and essays for community newspapers for over ten years. Roxann is a native Californian, born and raised in Santa Monica, she lived in Los Angeles for some years working as a social worker before migrating to San Diego, where she lived for ten years. "During the time I lived in San Diego, I traveled to West Africa and Europe and started an import export business. I also taught journalism for at risk youth through a program at San Diego State University." She and her mother also started a non profit agency, (The Friends of Russell Latimer, Inc.)  that began by housing homeless and battered women and today provides medical supplies and equipment to needing nations through their United Nations organization, Nation 2 Nation.

"I can remember writing and illustrating my own stories when I was five years old. My mother is an avid reader and passed on the joy of reading to me. I read fiction, non fiction, history, mysteries, romance." Speaking of romance, Roxann will admit to reading romance novels since the age of twelve. "Romance readers share their books with friends and family. My favorite authors are Terry McMillian, Eric Jerome Dickey and E. Lynn Harrisbut I cut my teeth on Jerome Robbins, Jackie Collins, Judith Krantz to Danielle Steele. Today I read a little bit of every body. I love James Baldwin, I think he was a master story teller. Toni Morrison moves me like Zora Neale Hurston. And my favorite poets are Niki Giovanni and Maya Angelou. I still read romances and love a great many of todays contemporary authors." Recently Roxann's debut novel, a love story, "You Never Know" was recently published by Publishamerica.com.  It tells the story of four women friends as they struggle thru love, life and relationships. You Never Know is fun, fresh and exciting. Up next Roxann is working concurrently on a murder mystery and a Christian romance.

Roxann also divides her time working as Contributing Editor for the Quechan News, www.quechannews.com, US Bureau Chief for Positive Nation Magazine, and as Executive Producer of WIM Media & Publications, www.wimmedia.biz producing television programming, acting as Editorial Director for Star News www.thestarnews.net and writing her featured advice column Momma Doll, syndicated in several African American and African newspapers nationally. A resident of Winterhaven, Ca., Roxann is married to Daryl E. Smith-Bey and in her spare time Roxann enjoys traveling, reading, illustrating and her charitable works.  Roxann also sits on the Boards of Directors of several organizations.