Thanks to the many writers who have entrusted me with their manuscript. I am proud of the accomplishment of winning twelve international awards that speak to who I am and what we create together in this space. For allowing me to help you, and for trusting me as your editor and coach, thank you.
Turning Pages & Heads
2025 Short Story Winner
"Spare A Little Change" swept the African American category of the Next Generation Short Story Awards. Author Kimberly Banks debuted her entry and received monetary recognition, a gold medal, and an anthology.
2025 Next Generation Indie Book Award and International Book Awards Cookbook Finalist
Chef Shayaa lays a foundation of good food and great storytelling in his newly released cookbook, "The CooCoo Vegan." He has created the most beautiful Caribbean cookbook.
Complete with custom vegetarian dishes and rich with family history—plus, ingredients that are literally the best-kept Caribbean secret—"The CooCoo Vegan" is one of my
Chef Shayaa lays a foundation of good food and great storytelling in his newly released cookbook, "The CooCoo Vegan." He has created the most beautiful Caribbean cookbook.
Complete with custom vegetarian dishes and rich with family history—plus, ingredients that are literally the best-kept Caribbean secret—"The CooCoo Vegan" is one of my new favorite kitchen companions. This is seriously a high-quality cookbook. It's absolutely stunning in person and is also incredibly deserving of every accolade.
#1 in Clinical Psychology, 2025
Released April 2025, Dr. Chani Getter's Mapito is a powerful how-to guide for finding, accepting, and loving every part of yourself. Praised by therapists and activists alike, Mapito is a heartfelt, revelatory masterpiece that reconnects you to what really matters, offering a fresh perspective on life, love, and self-acceptance.
Multi-Amazon Bestseller, Laniece Listens
Making its December 2024 debut, Becoming Her is the journey to forgiveness and lessons in grace we all need to see unfold in our lives. Laniece's story of loss and love breeds redemption and purpose. It claimed the top spots for #1 New Age Religion and #2 Inner Child Self-Help categories within the first week of its launch. Check it out f
Making its December 2024 debut, Becoming Her is the journey to forgiveness and lessons in grace we all need to see unfold in our lives. Laniece's story of loss and love breeds redemption and purpose. It claimed the top spots for #1 New Age Religion and #2 Inner Child Self-Help categories within the first week of its launch. Check it out for a deeper understanding of grace and how it pertains to your own self-development.
2024 Multi Amazon Bestseller, Laila Ibrahim
Laila Ibrahim's final book in the award-winning series of Mattie and Lisbeth gains international acclaim. It debuted in top categories as follows:
• #2 Asian American Literature
• #5 Asian American Literature and Fiction
#9 Historical World War II Fiction
Zariah L. Banks, 2024 Quadruple Award-winning Debut Novelist
Featured in New York City's Time Square and Publisher's Weekly magazine during its debut week in March of 2023, Beauty Beheld is one of those books you won't soon forget. It placed first and second in the 2024 BookFest Awards in different categories and snagged the number two spot in African American Fiction for the Speak Up Talk Radio Fi
Featured in New York City's Time Square and Publisher's Weekly magazine during its debut week in March of 2023, Beauty Beheld is one of those books you won't soon forget. It placed first and second in the 2024 BookFest Awards in different categories and snagged the number two spot in African American Fiction for the Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Awards at the same time. Zariah later snagged another coveted spot as the 2024 Independent Author Network (IAN) Award Finalist for Book of the Year. I am 4x proud, as well as elated to have supported Zariah's journey and to have shared in her vision to bring this story to life.
Barbara Lucas, 2024 Purple Dragonfly Award & 2023 Reader's Favorite 5-Star Seal
The Beauties' Bullying Adventure earned a 5-Star Seal of Excellence! Hope, Faith, and Love are guided by Serenity, as they use their supernatural gifts to fight bullying around the world.
Laila Ibrahim, 2023 3x Bestseller
Multi-Amazon-bestselling author Laila Ibrahim published her sixth novel, Scarlet Carnation, under Lake Union Press (a subsidiary of Amazon Publishing) and closed out Mattie and Lisbeth's series. It has earned international recognition in the following categories upon its Amazon debut:
- #1 Women's Sagas
- #1 World War I Historical Fiction
- #1 Women's Friendship Fiction
2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist
The People's Lawyer placed as a nonfiction finalist for Memoir: Historical Legacy, which I co-authored. It also reached Amazon's bestseller list in the following categories:
- #1 New Release Lawyers & Judges
- #15 Lawyer & Judge Biographies
- #50 Crime & Criminal Biographies
Notable Civil Rights Attorney Bobby H. Caldwell passed weeks before releas
The People's Lawyer placed as a nonfiction finalist for Memoir: Historical Legacy, which I co-authored. It also reached Amazon's bestseller list in the following categories:
- #1 New Release Lawyers & Judges
- #15 Lawyer & Judge Biographies
- #50 Crime & Criminal Biographies
Notable Civil Rights Attorney Bobby H. Caldwell passed weeks before releasing his autobiography, The People's Lawyer: A Radical Representation of Change, Courage, and Commitment to Civil Rights.
Caldwell defended Black students at Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and the University of Texas at Houston, as they fought to eliminate racial injustice, police brutality, economic suffering and to implement African American studies as part of their curriculum.
"Bobby Caldwell was one of Houston's 10 most influential people." Ralph Cooper, Radio Personality KCOH - Houston, TX
Kimberlee Yolanda Williams 2022-2023 Multi-Award Winner
Dear White Woman, Please Come Home has earned national attention and a bronze medal for placing third in the category of Women's Issues for the Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Award, shortly after its debut. It also earned international attention, one year later, in the category of Nonfiction: Social Cultural Connections in the Best Ind
Dear White Woman, Please Come Home has earned national attention and a bronze medal for placing third in the category of Women's Issues for the Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Award, shortly after its debut. It also earned international attention, one year later, in the category of Nonfiction: Social Cultural Connections in the Best Indie Book Award (BIBA) and received a trophy. Kim has also landed an Audible deal and her book later won a gold medal in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards (NGIBA) for overall nonfiction.
Oludara Adeeyo, 2022 Bestselling Author
Oludara Adeeyo, 2022 Bestselling Author
Released under Adams Media (a subsidiary of Simon and Schuster) in 2022, Self-Care for Black Women made national news upon its debut. It has since gained an Audible book deal.
"Working with Shaundale Rénā was the best editorial experience I ever had. She is detail-oriented and provides constructive feedback. In addition, she was able to p
Released under Adams Media (a subsidiary of Simon and Schuster) in 2022, Self-Care for Black Women made national news upon its debut. It has since gained an Audible book deal.
"Working with Shaundale Rénā was the best editorial experience I ever had. She is detail-oriented and provides constructive feedback. In addition, she was able to provide suggested edits in my writing voice, which were truly remarkable... A skill that is not easy. If you are thinking of working with Shaundale, do it. You will not regret it."