LITERARY CORNER April “Skyy” Blair April “Skyy” Blair is a 38-year-old author, screenwriter and playwright from Memphis, TN. Her first novel, Choices was released in 2006 and quickly gained popularity both within the lesbian and urban fiction on communities. The highly anticipated sequel, Consequences was released in 2009 with high praises and rocketed to the top 10 lesbian best-sellers lists on Amazon.com and in independent bookstores across the country. To date, Skyy has published five Novels in the Choices series which include Choices, Consequences, Crossroads, Full Circle and Southern Comfort. She has been featured in three anthologies, Les Tales: Tempted to Touch and Carl Weber’s: Full Figured Divas 8 and 10. Her most recent novel, Southern Comfort, debuted at number one in lesbian fiction on Amazon.com. Touted as the lesbian E. Lynn Harris, Skyy blurs the lines between lesbian and straight communities in her fiction on by speaking with intimate familiarity about the striking commonalties of loving and living as African American women in America. The books resonate with truisms among women of all ages and gender identities. In 2018, Skyy wrote, produced and directed her first short film entitled Motions. Within a week Skyy received over 20 thousand views with an impressive number of positive likes and comments. Also in 2018 April was the winner of the Script to Screen Competition at the American Black Film Festival, a TV writing competition created by BET and Issa Rae’s Company, ColorCreative. She went on to produce her first TV pilot entitled “Curves” for the BET network.
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Outside of her commitment to the LGBT community, April also wants to bring body-positive, strong, and fierce images of plus-size women. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and spending time with love ones. Her current focus is on film and television writing and creating.
