Dwan Abrams was born in Florida. She has lived in Europe and throughout the United States.

After graduating from high school with honors, she served four honorable years in the United States Air Force. While in the Air Force she was recognized as Airman of the Month twice and Personnel Specialist of the Quarter. Due to her outstanding leadership skills, she was promoted early to the rank of Senior Airman.

Dwan is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Dwan worked as a manager for a Fortune 100 company for nearly ten years. She has experience in sales, customer service, and marketing.

A true leader in the community, Dwan was a mentor at Shamrock Middle School. She has participated in Career Day and Job Shadowing Day at local Atlanta middle and high schools. As a supporter of Johnnie’s House “Feed the Hungry” campaign, she appeared in a Public Service Announcement that aired on WATC TV 57 in Atlanta. Dwan has volunteered for United Way campaigns, Adopt-a-Family, and Santa’s Helping Hands.

She worked as a contributing writer and editor for Images of Us and Nesting Solo magazines. Some of her celebrity features included: Reynaldo Rey; George C. Fraser (Author of Success Runs in Our Race: The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the Black Community and CLICK ); and Arthur Wylie (CEO of Arthur Wylie Wealth Management Group (AWWMG) and author of Why Die Broke). Her online articles can be found at ideamarketers.com and YourBlackWorld.com. Additionally, she worked as the fashion editor for FIERCE411.com, a top site for women.

As a freelance editor, Dwan has edited numerous manuscripts for aspiring and established authors. Her services include: copy editing, substantive editing, ghostwriting, and manuscript critiques and evaluations.

Dwan has been featured in Booking Matters and Awareness magazines. She's been interviewed on Atlanta Live, which aired on WATC TV 57. Due to her hard work and determination, Dwan has been inducted into the 2006 and 2010 "Who's Who" in Black Atlanta.

She's a member of The Writers Hut online writing group. She's also the President of Faith Based Fiction Writers of Atlanta.

She's the best-selling author of My Mother's Child (the anticipated sequel to Divorcing the Devil), Married Strangers, Divorcing the Devil (nominated for the 2008 African American Literary Awards Show), Only True Love Waits (winner of the 2007 Pen of the Writer POWER Award for Best Fiction), The Scream Within, and Favor (a short story appearing in The Midnight Clear: Stories of Love, Hope and Inspiration anthology). Her sixth novel, the 2nd book in the Married Series, will be released by Urban Books/Kensington in April 2011. She currently resides in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia with her family.