Kensington Publishing Corporation announced a joint publishing agreement between the company and Souls of My Sisters Inc., which takes its name from the highly successful Essence Bestseller SOULS OF MY SISTERS: Black Women Break Their Silence, Tell Their Stories, and Heal Their Spirits, written and edited by Dawn Marie Daniels and Candace Sandy. That book was among the launch titles for Kensington's Dafina Books imprint in 2000 and is now in its 15th printing. The book is an intimate look at the contributors' personal stories with women ranging from a former Blood gang member to celebrities such as Mary J. Bilge. Daniels, formerly an editor at Simon & Schuster, and Sandy, communications director for Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, D-NY also contributed to the book.