Anitra Gayle Louis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Four years after completing her undergraduate work at Greensboro College in Greensboro, North Carolina she married her college sweetheart, Paul Louis (native to Wilmington, North Carolina) on May 19, 2007 at her home church in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

The wedding business was also a family business and Anitra has had the opportunity to work and participate in many weddings in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. Working as Wedding Coordinator for MyCarolinaWeddings.com has allowed her to combine two things she loves: weddings and writing. Anitra loves writing (and reading) so much that she has been able to shape it into a career.

Anitra began her graduate studies in English at North Carolina Central University in August 2006, three years after completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communication Studies at Greensboro College. While completing her degree at NCCU, Mrs. Louis worked as a Writing Studio consultant in NCCU’s Writing Studio; became a member of the Alpha Sigma Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society; received consecutive Achievement in Professional Development awards; and participated in five professional conferences in which four were formatted as panel or roundtable discussions, and one of which Anitra presented solely. Anitra’s thesis research examined the relationship between the earlier female characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short fiction, and his most famous female character, Hester Prynne. She will continue to realize her goals of becoming a professional writer while serving as a Composition and English Literature Instructor, freelance editor and writer, and completing her first full-length fiction novel. Eventually, Anitra hopes to return to school and earn her Doctoral degree in African-American Literature.

 Anitra and Paul currently live in Durham, North Carolina and have no children (yet.)