NABWIC Talks with Kendy Ward

Author and speaker, Kendy Ward first garnered recognition as a winner of BET’s First Time Writer’s Competition when her short story, The Perfect Story, was published in the BET Books anthology All That and Then Some.  Later her first non-fiction work was published in the inspirational and empowering compilation, No Glory without a Story.  In 2012 she took her a writing career to another level when she authored her first self-published work, God-Esteem: Seeing the God in You.  Her first full length work of fiction, Oh Romeo, Romeo, the first book in The Knight in Shining Armor series, was released in October 2015.  The second book in the series, Knight Fall, will be release in the summer of 2019. As a Toastmasters International award winning speaker, Kendy has spoken throughout South Florida and the Bahamas on topics of faith, empowerment and self-improvement.  She was ordained as a minister at Hope United Church in 2015 where she serves in the women’s ministry, as Foundation Class instructor, in the children’s ministry and other ministry areas. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business and Management from Northwood University, and is currently a manager at MCO Construction and Services, Inc., where she has been employed for the past 16 years. She is the daughter of Kenneth and Trudy Ward, the sister of Denise Poitier and Quincy Ward, and the proud aunty of Zylen, Zaire, Zeden and Zion. You can visit her blog at therebirthoftruth.blogspot.com, follow her on Twitter @kendyward and on Instagram @queenkendy or connect with her on Face Book.