found: The big mama stories, c1989:CIP title page (Shay Youngblood) data sheet (b. Oct. 16, 1989 [sic])
found: Soul kiss, 1997:CIP title page (Shay Youngblood) data sheet (b. Oct. 16, 1959)
found: Youngblood, Shay. Mama's home, 2022 :title page (written by Shay Younglood)
found: shawyyoungblood.com, Oct. 26, 2022(Shay Youngblood is an Atlanta based writer, visual artist, and educator; author of several novels including Soul Kiss and Black Girl in Paris)
found: georgiaencyclopedia.org, Oct. 26, 2022(Shay Youngblood was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1959; attended Clark Atlanta University, studying mass communications; earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Brown University) )