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Article: Meet Zane the queen of erotic novels.(Entertainment)(Afterburn and Breaking the Cycle are two of Zane's latest books)
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- October 4, 2004
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She describes her life as "boring," but thanks to her "very vivid imagination," a 38-year-old mother of three has been able to "live out a lot of fantasies" as she pens best-selling erotica under the pseudonym Zane.
Since 2000, eight of her sexually charged novels have been published in four years, selling nearly 3 million copies. And while the average book has a shelf life of a year or less, Zane's erotic tales continue to sell.
"I've been very fortunate," explains Zane, who lives in a suburb outside of Washington, D.C. "It takes a long time for authors to be published in other languages and for African-American authors, it's very, very rare. I've ...