Background
Cris Burks was born in Mississippi, United States.
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600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, United States
Columbia College Chicago where Cris Burks received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees.
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600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, United States
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SilkyDreamGirl
(Katie has reached the end of her rope. Her fourth marriag...)
Katie has reached the end of her rope. Her fourth marriage is falling apart, she's drowning in debt but can't find a job, and now she has to care for the sons of husband number four. To top it off, her mother won't stop harping on Katie's weight, as if the scale held the answer to all these troubles. Like millions of women, Katie decides to tune out her real-life woes by tuning in to the Internet. There, she sheds her plus-size wardrobe and emerges as SilkyDreamGirl, an identity as luscious as the desserts she craves. Soon Katie's imaginary self, who is persuasive, in control, and very sexy, starts taking charge in Katie's off-line world. Inspired by her sultry chat-room dates, she turns the tables on her badgering ex and starts enjoying the sweet life.
https://www.amazon.com/SilkyDreamGirl-Cris-Burks/dp/0767912950
2002
Neecey's Lullaby
(Growing up in Chicago in the 1950s, Neecey once felt that...)
Growing up in Chicago in the 1950s, Neecey once felt that her world was perfect. She was loved and protected by her father, Jesse, and lived in relative comfort with her mother, Ruby, her grandmother, Ma 'Dear, and her siblings. But when Ruby and Jesse's marriage falls apart due to Jesse's cheating ways and Ruby's hot temper, the children are eventually abandoned by their father and end up living in poverty in a housing project. Ruby plunges into depression and anger, yelling at and hitting her children without warning. Ruby brings shiftless suitors into her home and gives them her body and her time, leaving Neecey to learn on her own how to cook and care for her five younger siblings, some mere babies. Yet despite the trauma, Neecey's love for her sisters and brother, and ultimately herself, helps her find the inner strength to succeed.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003CIQ53S/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
2005
Cris Burks
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Cris Burks was educated at Columbia College Chicago where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing.
Career
Cris Burks, after graduation from Columbia College Chicago, stayed there to teach fiction writing in 1991-1992. Then she was a writer in residence at Chicago Council on Fine Arts. She also co-produced and co-published the literary journal Thunder Egg. Later she became a full-time author. Her work appeared in some anthologies, including Gumbo: An Anthology of African American Writing. She contributed short stories and poetry to periodicals, including Emergence: Journal of Women Writing, Hair Trigger, Shooting Star Review, and Short Fiction by Women.
Burks wrote her first book in 2002. SilkyDreamGirl is about Katie Coomers, a thirtysomething Chicagoan struggling with some unpleasant realities. To cope with her emotional turmoil, Katie bakes all her favorite confections and eats them until she transforms from petite to plus-size. To escape this new problem, she begins visiting Internet chat rooms. Through her pseudonym, SilkyDreamGirl, she becomes a sexy woman who takes charge and is in control of her life. As Katie's confidence blooms, she becomes the self she wants to be and the woman others have wanted her to be.
Burks' next novel, Neecey's Lullaby, is the story of a girl's will to survive her hopeless surroundings - a Chicago home ravaged by poverty, abuse, and neglect. In this book, Cris Burks created a poignant portrait of a child who strives to soar above a world of pain.
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Neecey's Lullaby
(Growing up in Chicago in the 1950s, Neecey once felt that...)
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SilkyDreamGirl
(Katie has reached the end of her rope. Her fourth marriag...)
2002
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Neecey's Lullaby
Connections
Cris Burks is married and has two sons.
