Education
Syracuse University; Montclair State University.
(After twenty rejections of Christina's poignant novel bas...)
After twenty rejections of Christina's poignant novel based on how she met her Jewish husband, she, on a martini-soaked dare, creates a Caucasian alter ego and writes a lily-white chic lit novel. When her agent actually sells the novel to a publisher, Christina’s common sense warns her to back out. The lure of a lucrative two-book deal, though, is far too seductive. So, Christina straps in for a life-altering journey on which she questions priorities and wonders whether dreams can peacefully co-exist with reality...
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(While Jonathan fights a malignant brain tumor, his wife, ...)
While Jonathan fights a malignant brain tumor, his wife, Ally, and cousin, Tim, succumb to their carnal attraction. As guilt consumes them, Jonathan enters the mix with an unorthodox proposition….
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Syracuse University; Montclair State University.
Coakley-Thompson"s work is part of emerging millennial contemporary African-American literature. Coakley-Thompson"s fiction addresses themes and issues concerning interracial relationships, race, racial identity, and people of mixed race. Coakley-Thompson has a Bachelor in Speech and Theater (Broadcasting) from Montclair State College in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
An Master of Arts in Communication Arts from William Paterson College in Wayne, New Jersey.
And a Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation) from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New New York Coakley-Thompson"s dissertation, written in 1999 in partial fulfilment of the Doctor of Philosophy degree is entitled: The Use of Popular Media in Multicultural Education: Stressing Implications for the Black/Non-Black biracial student.
Though she lived in Montclair, New Jersey for over a decade, Coakley-Thompson was raised in Nassau, Bahamas. She was born to Bahamian parents, Frederick Oliver Wendell Thompson (1929–1982) and Marina Thompson (née Coakley).
In December 2006, Rainy Friday Films, a Chicago-based independent production company, optioned the film rights to What You Won"t Do for Love, Coakley-Thompson"s second novel.
From February 2007 until October 2007, Coakley-Thompson co-hosted The Book Squad on WMET1160 with author Karyn Langhorne.
(After twenty rejections of Christina's poignant novel bas...)
(While Jonathan fights a malignant brain tumor, his wife, ...)