Dr. Moe Anderson

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National bestselling author Dr. Monica “Moe” Anderson is also a motivational speaker, publisher, and Doctor of Dental Surgery. Her highly anticipated new release is I Stand Accused. Her debut novel, When A Sistah's Fed Up, was a national bestseller in 2006. She has also authored two non-fiction books: Black English Vernacular and Mom, Are We There Yet? Her short stories and poetry are included in several anthologies.

 

Her Bachelor of Arts degree bears the gold seal of Baylor University, and her doctorate is from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.

 

In 1996, this Texas native became the first African-American columnist for the Arlington Star-Telegram.  She was a weekly columnist for a major daily newspaper, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for seven years, writing over four-hundred columns while practicing dentistry full-time. Her editorials have appeared in newspapers across the country, including: the Seattle Times, the San Jose Mercury News, and the Courier-Journal of Louisville, KY.  In 1999, the staff of the Fort Worth Weekly named her “Best Columnist” in Tarrant County.

Dr. Moe is the former host of Perpetual Moe-tion, a weekly cable television talk show.

 

As a third generation member of the international organization, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. this Texas native donates her time and resources to countless nonprofit endeavors in her community. She is also a member of The Divine Literary Tour, a first-of-its-kind event uniting authors from Black Greek letter organizations to share the diversity and richness of African-American literature in a cross-country tour.

 

Dr. Moe has been the recipient of numerous awards, including: Outstanding Young Women of America, the "Distinguished Black Alumni Award" from the Baylor Black Alumni Association, the "Outstanding Young Alumni" Award from the Alumni Association of Baylor University, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Fort Worth Independent School District, and the Millennium Award for Medicine from Altrusa International, Inc.

 

Dr. Moe lives in Arlington, Texas. She has two extraordinarily handsome sons and a pathetic pet plant named Ivy. In her spare time, she enjoys sleeping.