Lutishia Lovely (edit name/settings)

Lutishia Lovely burst on to the scene with Sex In The Sanctuary, a novel that crosses genres and shakes up comfort zones. Billed as the book “where sex and spirituality collide,” the year of its release SITS positioned Lutishia as a Debut Author Finalist at the Southeastern Arts Association’s Literary Awards. The novel was a bestseller on Amazon, Black Expressions and other internet sites and the subsequent books in this ongoing series: Love Like Hallelujah, A Preacher’s Passion, Heaven Right Here, Reverend Feelgood and Heaven Forbid, have enjoyed tremendous success as well, and have made her a popular guest with book clubs, magazines and radio stations.

Along with being a full-time writer, Lutishia is an actor and former radio personality. In her ten years spent in broadcast journalism, she interviewed a range of diverse personalities: from Jesse Jackson to Minister Farakhan, Vivica Fox to Richard Pryor and Stevie Wonder to Ruby Dee. Her popular radio talk show, the What’s On Your Mind Line, and noteworthy theatrical performances (including George Wolfe’s critically acclaimed Colored Museum and the woman in blue in Ntosake Shange’s For Colored Girls) stirred up the Midwestern airwaves and made her the recipient of several awards and commendations, including the United Minority Media Association’s Actress of the Year.

Thankful to be living her dream, Lutishia is also humbled to be the voice for so many who feel silenced. From molestation, homosexuality and infidelity in ministry to her latest series, The Business, that examines the dynamics of dysfunction among family and society, she approaches each topic with compassion and unconditional love—offering a safe place for those who’ve experienced such challenges to come forward and be “seen,” and also encouraging dialogue along with the space for healing and understanding. “You’re the only you that we will ever see,” she says, in celebration of individual uniqueness. “To thine own self be true or, in other words…do you.”