Rachel Berry is a Poet & Writer. Married and living in Virginia, she is the proud mother of four adults. She is Founder and President of sister-circle, "Black Pearls United." Her essays short stories and poems have appeared in local newspapers, anthologies and on-line magazines such as ShallowEnd e-zine, The DoeNetwork and upcoming in Poems For Nubian Women. Look for the debut of her self-published first novel Family Pictures this year and a chapbook of poetry entitled Roof Top Lovin. Her works in progress include her second novel and a poetic CD.