Joyce L. Thomas, also known by her pen name J.L. Sapphire, is a self-publisher and the founder of Lady Virgo Publications. She was born and raised in Arkansas and she still lives there with her husband and two children. As a single mother for many years, her love of writing took a backseat to parenthood but she continued writing short stories, hoping one day she would be able to publish them. She released her first novella, My Secret Life: Confessions of a Housewife, in May 2014 to rave reviews, where it reached #2 in the the Best Sellers category of African American Erotica and #3 in the Cont...