meet Victoria
"I always knew I would become an author, even as I was taking an unlikely path to that destination."
Victoria Christopher Murray is the New York Times and USA Today best selling author of more than 30 novels, including the New York Times Instant Best Sellers, The Personal Librarian and The First Ladies. Both novels, Victoria co-wrote with Marie Benedict.
A native New Yorker, Victoria Christopher Murray attended Hampton University where she majored in Communication Disorders. After graduating, Victoria attended New York University’s Stern Business School where she received her MBA in Marketing.
Victoria spent ten years in Corporate America before she tested her entrepreneurial spirit. She opened a Financial Services Agency for Aegon, USA where she managed the number one division for nine consecutive years. However, Victoria always dreamed of writing and in 1997, she pursued her dream.
Victoria originally self published her first novel, Temptation and in 2000, Time Warner published that novel. Temptation remained on the Essence bestsellers list for nine consecutive months. In 2001, Victoria received her first NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Literature with Temptation.
Over her career, Victoria has received numerous awards including the Phyllis Wheatley Trailblazer Award, the Delta Sigma Theta Osceola Award for Excellence in the Arts, Go On Girl Book Club Author of the Year, eleven African American Literary Awards and five NAACP Image Award nominations. In 2016, she won the Image Award for Outstanding Literature for her social commentary novel, Stand Your Ground.
Victoria's awards
African American Literary Award Show Best Christian Fiction, 2010
African American Literary Award Show Best Fiction, 2015
African American Literary Award Show Author of the Year, 2015
African American Literary Award Show Best Christian Fiction, 2017
African American Literary Award Show Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017
Author of the Year – Go On Girl Book club, 2017
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Osceola Award for Excellence in the Arts
NAACP Image Award Nomination, Outstanding Literary Work, 2001, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
Phyllis Wheatly Award, Trailblazer in Fiction, 2006
Tabahani Book Club Author of the Decade, 2006
African American Literary Award Show (AALAS) Best Christian Fiction 2007
African American Literary Award Show Best Christian Fiction, 2008
African American Literary Award Show Author of the Year, 2008
African American Literary Award Show Best Young Adult 2009
African American Literary Award Show Best Christian Fiction, 2009
Romance Slam Glam, Best Inspirational Romance, 2010
NAACP Image Award Winner, Outstanding Literary Work, 2016
In addition to being a New York Times Bestseller
The Personal Librarian was a Good Morning America Book Club selection and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR.
The First Ladies was Target’s 2023 Book of the Year.
Five of Victoria’s Seven Deadly Sins novels became Lifetime movies produced by TD Jakes, Shaun Robinson and Derrick Williams.
The Personal Librarian has been optioned by Al Roker Entertainment to become a mini series.
