Terry McMillian at the 4th Annual National Book Conference in Atlanta.

Terry McMillan's sixth novel, The Interruption of Everything, is a part Waiting to Exhale and A Day Late and a Dollar Short. Just the type to read while getting your hair done at the beauty salon.

Essence's African American literature
August Best Seller List

Fiction - Hardcover
1. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns by J. California Cooper (Doubleday, $23.95) 2. Chasing Destiny by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton, $24.95)
3. Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley (Little Brown Books, $24.95)
4. So You Call Yourself a Man by Carl Weber (Dafina Books, $24)
5. Baby Brother’s Blues by Pearl Cleage (OneWorld/Ballantine, $24.95)
6. 72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell (Knopf, $24.95)
7. Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This by Mary B. Morrison (Dafina Books, $24)
8. In Sheep’s Clothing by Mary Monroe (Dafina Books, $24)
9. Sex, Lies, Murder, Fame by Lolita Files (Amistad, $24.95)
10. The Vow by Denene Millner, Angela Burt-Murray, Mitzi Miller (Amistad, $23.95)