Meet L. Peggy Hicks
L. Peggy Hicks
Lpeggy@tricompodcast.com
Peggy is CEO of TriCom Publicity Inc. , a Literary Publicity/Marketing and Internet Design company, which she founded in July 1995 and CEO of it's new subsidiary, TriCom Podcast Inc.
The marketing & publicity division of TriCom in has successfully worked with the 3-Day Novel Contest, Avalon Publishing Group, Avon Books, Ballantine Books, Basic Civitas Books, Black Expressions, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Dafina Books, Divas For A Cure Organization, Dutton Publishing, Fireside Books, Harper Collins, Harlequin, Hatchette Book Group, Hilton Publishing, I-Traffic, Judson Press, Kensington Publishing, Midwest Literary Festival, Nation Books, Kimani Press, New American Library, One World Books, Penguin Group (USA), Pinnacle Books, Plume Publishing, Random House Publishing Group, Time Warner Bookgroup, Touchstone, Simon and Schuster, Inc., St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's-Griffin, St. Martin's-Minotaur, Strapless Books, Strivers Row, Urban Books, Urban Soul, Villard, WalkWorthy Press, William-Morrow Publishing, and Zebra Books promoting over 300 authors including mainstream, African-American and Latino titles. TriCom's client list includes both New York Times, USA Today, and Essence best-selling authors along with numerous up-and-coming authors.
The new subsidiary, TriCom Podcast Inc. was launched in April of 2006 to rave reviews from Publisher's Weekly, iTunes, MySpace.com and avid readers and bookclubs around the world after debuting its weekly, free subscription-based graphically enhanced podcast shows "Authors In Your Pocket" and "Bookclub In Your Pocket. TriCom Podcast's ground-breaking "graphically enhanced" podcasts are consistantly ranked in the top 50 Arts: Literature podcast downloaded by iTunes users around the world. Hicks is recognized as a leader in the literary PodCast revolution by using a target-marketing podcast approach to promote book sales, they capitalizes on the burgeoning explosion of digital entertainment use in the mainstream population. Her goal is to bring avid readers around the world active literary content about authors, books and bookclubs.
Winner of the NIMCA Black Business Owner of the Year in 1996, and the Connie Tremelus Business Owner of the Year in 2001. She was recently named one of the 50 Most Successful African-American's in the Publishing Industry, One of the Powers Behind Black Books, and was honored by the Memphis Black Writers Conference & Southern Film Festival receiving the "Best Literary Publicist" Award in 2004. Hicks and her clients have been consistently featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Publisher's Weekly, Publisher's Weekly Dailey Buzz, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Essence Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Ebony Magazine, Black Enterprise, Today's Black Woman, Black Issues Book Review, Quarterly Black Book Review, Library Journal, Kirkus Book Reviews, and countless newspapers, televison and radio stations and websites around the world. She continues to be an inspiration and mentor to readers, bookclubs, librarians and up-and-coming literary professionals.
Ms. Hicks is honored to be serving on the Literary Sub-committee for the 38th Annual NAACP Image Awards® to select the best African-American fiction title of 2006. The NAACP Image Awards® recognizes the artistic achievements of people of color, and honors projects and individuals that promote diversity in the arts. The winner will be announced at the televised Awards show in Hollywood which will be aired on Friday, March 2, 2007 at 8:00PM on FOX.
Ms. Hicks and TriCom Podcast will be honored by the Memphis Black Writers Conference & Southern Film Festival receiving the "Best Literary Podcast" Award in April of 2007.
