Anita Diggs

Anita Diggs

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Anita Doreen Diggs was born and raised in New York City. She is the eldest of two children and attended local public schools. Ms. Diggs started her book publishing career in 1989 as Executive Secretary to the CEO of New American Library (now part of Penguin Books USA). Following that job, she worked as a book publicist for Dutton Books for 3 years before quitting to write.

Ms. Diggs is the author of: Staying Married: A Guide For African Americans (Kensington Books, August 1998) which Essence Magazine called "One of the best books of the past 20 years"), Talking Drums: An African American Quote Collection (St. Martin's Press), February 1995), The African American Resource Guide (Barricade Books, June 1994), and Success At Work: A Guide for African Americans (Barricade Books, May 1993).

Ms. Diggs returned to work in 1997 as Senior Publicist at AOL Time Warner Books before moving on to a position as Senior Editor/Director of One World Books (a divison of Random House) in August 2000 where she edited Growing Up X by Ilyasah Shabazz, Bill Clinton & Black America by USA Today reporter DeWayne Wickham and Inner City Miracle by Judge Greg Mathis and many other works of fiction and nonfiction.