Zane is the daughter of two former educators: an elementary school teacher and a world-renowned theologian. Zane is the New York Times Bestselling Author of several titles: Addicted, The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth, Skyscraper, Nervous, Gettin' Buck Wild: The Sex Chronicles 2, The Sisters of APF, Shame on it All, and The Heat Seekers. She has been published in several different languages including Japanese, Swedish, and Greek. She originally self-published three titles in 2000 and went on to sell more than 250,000 copies; virtually by word of mouth alone. After almost four years, she is embarking on her first tour this summer aboard "The Zane Love Bus."

Having first signed with Simon and Schuster in June 2001, Zane has contracted fifteen books to a single publisher in less than three years with all of them due to be published by Spring 2005. She has been on the Essence Magazine bestsellers list consistently since she began her published career and currently holds the number one and number two positions in the hardcover fiction section. She is the only author to ever have three out of five of the top fiction sellers in one month and she accomplished the feat for several months in a row. Recently, Zane held down seven of the top fifteen African American fiction titles at Waldenbooks Nationwide including the first, second and third positions. She has sold more than two million books since April 2000.

She is also the editor of Chocolate Flava, which sold nearly 100,000 copies during its first month of publication (January 2004) and it recently went into its ninth printing. This is highly unusual for erotic fiction collections and Caramel Flava is already in the works.

In addition to being an author, Zane is the Publisher of Strebor Books International LLC (www.streborbooks.com). She has twenty-eight authors signed to her house and the titles are distributed through Simon and Schuster. Zane is also the executive producer of "Sock it to Me": a DVD based on one of the stories in The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth.

Zane's Endeavors Books and Gifts, her newest venture, will open its doors for business in April 2004. Located in the historic Fell's Point area of Baltimore at 1622 Thames Street, Zane is truly excited about the possibilities that owning a bookstore will bring.

In the near future she plans to direct her first movie and is in serious talks for several major motion pictures and numerous plays. She is sponsoring her first cruise in October of this year.

Zane lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her family

Successful businesswoman Zoe Reynard, has everything she could ever ask for, she's married to the man she has loved since childhood, a thriving company, three wonderful children. But Zoe has an overpowering addiction...to sex. this novel tells the tale of her guilt and desire which is as shocking as it is compelling. From the sensitive artist with whom she spends stolen hours on rumpled sheets to the rough and violent man who draws her toward destruction,Zoe is a woman desperately searching for fulfillment...and something darker, deeper, and perhaps deadly. As her life spins out of control and her sexual escapades carry her toward a dangerous choice, Zoe is racing against time to uncover the source of her "fatal attraction" -- as chilling secrets tumble forth from the recesses of a woman's mind, and perilous temptations lead toward a climax that can threaten her sanity, her marriage...and her life.Zane, By. "Addicted." Google Books. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. .

• CEO, Planet Zane, LLC
• Featured Columnist and Contributor, Essence Magazine
• One of Essence Magazine's Hollywood Power Players-2009
• The 2008 African American Pavilion at BookExpo America, Audra Lorde "Gambia Adisa" Distinctive *Voice Writer and Publisher" Award
• 2007 Publisher of Note Award, African American Pavilion, Book Expo America
• 2006 NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Fiction "Breaking the Cycle"
• 2006 Black Expressions Book of the Year Winner for "Afterburn"
• 2005 Black Expressions Book of the Year Winner for "Nervous"
• 2004 Black Expressions Book of the Year Winner for "Addicted"
• 2005 Blackboard Erotic Book of the Year Winner for "Skyscraper"
• 2004 Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Winner for "Nervous"
• 2006 Today's Black Woman Magazine's "Woman of Achievement" Award Winner
• 2004 B & B Society's "Architect of Contemporary Culture" Award Winner
• One of Ebony Magazine's 2004 "40 Most Intriguing African Americans"
• 2004 African-American Literary Awards Show Winner "The Sex Chronicles"
• 2004 African-American Literary Awards Show Winner "Writer of the Year"

==Books"Zane Book List." CHUH Library - Home. Web. 13 Sept. 2010.