A former Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter, Fortune 500 external affairs executive and political consultant, she has written feature op-ed columns for the AJC, Atlanta Tribune, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Ebony Magazine and Creative Loafing. A bestselling novelist, Goldie is the author of In My Father’s House (Wheatmark Press, 2005) and The January Girl (Warner Books, 2007/ Hachette Grand Central, 2008). 

She is currently working on her third novel, Come Sunday, and her first non-fiction title, My Soul Says Yes: Mastering Courage in a Culture of Fear—a spiritual memoir. Goldie is the mother of three teenagers (and is      thus wholly convinced that God has a sense of humor).