Sandra Kitt

Sandra Kitt is an African-American author of contemporary romance novels. Her works have frequently made it to Essence magazine's "Black Board" bestseller lists.

Although Kitt was comfortable with the job of cataloging the collection, she enrolled in classes at the Hayden Planetarium to learn more about astronomy so that she would be better at her job. Through these classes she met many guest speakers such as Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov.

In 1995, Kitt emerged from the romance genre with her first mainstream novel, The Color of Love. The novel has been analyzed in scholarship for its treatment of interracial romance and the social and political expectations surrounding Black marriage. This book has twice been optioned for film, once by HBO, and had nine printings by 2002.

In 2000, Kitt was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for contributing a story to the anthology Girlfriends. Kitt has been nominated three times for Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards. She is a recipient of their Career Achievement Award.

In 2003, Kitt retired from her job as a museum librarian. However, she remained active in the Special Libraries Association.

In addition to her writing, Kitt teaches a publishing and creative writing course at a college.