Maryann Reid is one of the rising stars in the literary world, and has established her own niche as a
relationship expert and purveyor of socially relevant issues that are impacting young African-American
women and popular culture. She is a regular guest and relationship advisor on nationally syndicated
radio shows like NPR’s Fresh Air, The Michael Baisden Show and The Wendy Williams Experience. She
has written for Glamour Magazine, Black Enterprise and other major publications. She has also
appeared in profiles in The New Yorker, Essence, CNN, NBC Nightly News and ABC NEWS 20/20.
Reid has authored five books since 2002, and her third book, Marry Your Baby Daddy, (St. Martins
Press, Sept. 2005), which was optioned by Holly Robinson-Peete and became a landmark event
catapulted her to national prominence.
Marry Your Baby Daddy helped establish Reid as a brand addressing the unique life issues affecting
young, educated black women between the ages of 21-34. Although the book was a fictional and
riveting story of three sisters who must marry their baby daddies in order to inherit 3 million dollars,
Reid interviewed hundreds of couples, many of them urban professionals with children to find out
what their goals, concerns and issues were concerning their relationships. In light of the research
she had done for her book, and as a tool to develop a platform, Reid launched and produced an event
in 2005 entitled, Marry Your Baby Daddy Day™ in New York. She has successfully produced the event
for the past three years, with the lucky couples receiving a six figure all expenses paid dream
wedding. In her native Brooklyn community, Reid has affectionately been referred to as the, “Oprah of
Brooklyn,” for “bringing black love back in style.” For more go to www.marryyourbabydaddy.com.`You
can also read her blog at www.maryannreid.blogspot.com.
Before obtaining her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Miami, Reid was invited by USATODAY
to write a novella for the acclaimed Open Book section of their website. In Jan/Feb 2001, her series,
"Single Black Female" ran for several weeks and attracted a whole new audience to her already
popular first book, Sex and the Single Sister, which Publishers Weekly said: “…..taps into the
zeitgeist...the black woman's Sex and the City ...”. In 2003, Reid wrote Use Me or Lose Me, a spin off
to Sex, which was published by St. Martins.
Reid resides in Brooklyn, New York and is working on her sixth novel.
relationship expert and purveyor of socially relevant issues that are impacting young African-American
women and popular culture. She is a regular guest and relationship advisor on nationally syndicated
radio shows like NPR’s Fresh Air, The Michael Baisden Show and The Wendy Williams Experience. She
has written for Glamour Magazine, Black Enterprise and other major publications. She has also
appeared in profiles in The New Yorker, Essence, CNN, NBC Nightly News and ABC NEWS 20/20.
Reid has authored five books since 2002, and her third book, Marry Your Baby Daddy, (St. Martins
Press, Sept. 2005), which was optioned by Holly Robinson-Peete and became a landmark event
catapulted her to national prominence.
Marry Your Baby Daddy helped establish Reid as a brand addressing the unique life issues affecting
young, educated black women between the ages of 21-34. Although the book was a fictional and
riveting story of three sisters who must marry their baby daddies in order to inherit 3 million dollars,
Reid interviewed hundreds of couples, many of them urban professionals with children to find out
what their goals, concerns and issues were concerning their relationships. In light of the research
she had done for her book, and as a tool to develop a platform, Reid launched and produced an event
in 2005 entitled, Marry Your Baby Daddy Day™ in New York. She has successfully produced the event
for the past three years, with the lucky couples receiving a six figure all expenses paid dream
wedding. In her native Brooklyn community, Reid has affectionately been referred to as the, “Oprah of
Brooklyn,” for “bringing black love back in style.” For more go to www.marryyourbabydaddy.com.`You
can also read her blog at www.maryannreid.blogspot.com.
Before obtaining her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Miami, Reid was invited by USATODAY
to write a novella for the acclaimed Open Book section of their website. In Jan/Feb 2001, her series,
"Single Black Female" ran for several weeks and attracted a whole new audience to her already
popular first book, Sex and the Single Sister, which Publishers Weekly said: “…..taps into the
zeitgeist...the black woman's Sex and the City ...”. In 2003, Reid wrote Use Me or Lose Me, a spin off
to Sex, which was published by St. Martins.
Reid resides in Brooklyn, New York and is working on her sixth novel.
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