Teri Woods
1968
Widely known for the bestselling novel, True to the Game, author Teri Woods is a well established author and publisher. While working as a legal attorney for a Philadelphia based law firm and serving as a full time mother, author Teri Woods was able to complete her debut novel. Over a period of more than six months, author Teri Woods submitted her draft to more than twenty different publishers. Unfortunately, most of the publishers rejected her first draft. When some of the major publishing houses chose to reject her draft, author Teri Woods did not at any one point give up her dreams of becoming a published author. In the year 1998, Teri Woods decided to self-publish her draft and immediately began distributing her novel, on a hand to hand basis. With the encouragement and support of friends and family members, Teri Woods realised the selling power of her narratives.Teri Woods credits the success of her novels to perseverance and hard work.