Wonderful Woman: Selected Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781503021716)

Lear was born in Demopolis, AL. She is the tenth child of 12 born to the parents of Mr. and Mrs. Eliza Lynch. At the age of five she lost her mother (Sadie Bell Lynch) and later moved to Detroit, MI where she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Christian where she resided until she moved to New York. She currently lives in Harvest, AL. Lear is the proud mother of three children Brandi Chanell Lynch-Long, Christien Gerard Rowan, George DaShawn Rowan, and a son in law Maurice Long. Lear has always had a passion for writing. Her favorite subject in high school was English and her favorite teacher was named Mr. Yee. He was the first person to recognize her talent and gift as writer and always encouraged her to write and to reach for her dreams. While attending college Lear had the opportunity to write her first short skit which eventually will become a full blown play titled "The Counselor." Lear has written two plays titled "My Teenager My Child" and "My Teenager My Child Part Two." She has also written a book titled "Forty Years Later, which was inspired by the election of the first African-American), President of the United States, President Barack H. Obama. She has co-written a poetry book titled "Wonderful Woman Selected Poems," with her sister Shirley Bolden, her sister-in-law Deloyce Lynch and her niece Kiah LeeAnn Lynch. Lear is set to co-write a play with Ms. Christiana Ashford one of her closest and dearest friends titled the "Prodigal Son." She has also written music for the plays. Lear is also in the process of writing a book titled "Dreams of Reality; Reality of Dreams," "The Divorce" which will be a collaboration of four different stories of women and their experience of being divorced. Lear's biggest challenge will be writing the biography of her aunt Mrs. Liza Ann-James Howard. Mrs. Howard was the first African American to graduate from Livingston University located in Livingston, AL the university has been renamed to the University of West Alabama. Lear is the owner and CEO of Faith and Deliverance Production Company.