Anita is an NAACP IMAGE AWARD nominee, a member of the TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS, winner of Favorite Author Award from Go On Girl Book Club, and the recipient of a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine. Her novels introduce readers to unique periods of history from the female, Afro-centric point of view. Reviewers and fans refer to her novels as sweeping sagas that are extremely entertaining-embraced for their historical accuracy, strong romantic themes, and vivid characterizations of people of color in periods of history not widely showcased in literary works.