Carl Weber (born 1964) is an American author and publisher. He owns

Urban Books Urban Books is a book publisher specializing in African-American topics, founded and published by Carl Weber in 2002. Imprints * Urban Soul (women's fiction, a joint venture with Kensington Books) * Urban Renaissance Books (2010) * Urban Christi ...

, a publishing company, and formerly owned Urban Knowledge, a chain of bookstores. Weber is from

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. He attended

Virginia State University Virginia State University (VSU or Virginia State) is a public historically Black land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia. Founded on , Virginia State developed as the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of hi ...

, where he received a B.S., and the

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, where he received an MBA. He published his first book, ''Lookin' for Luv'', in 2000. ''Man on the Run'' was a ''

Library Journal ''Library Journal'' is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional prac ...

'' pick of the month; ''So You Call Yourself a Man'' was a ''Library Journal'' bestseller. His ''The Family Business'' series was made into a television series on

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. The first season aired in 2018. A second season set to air in 2020 was announced in 2019. Weber's novel ''Influence'' was adapted for BET Plus.

Selected works

*''Lookin' for Luv''. Dafina, 2000. *''Married Men''. Dafina, 2001. *''Baby Momma Drama''. Kensington/Dafina, 2003 *''Player Haters''. Kensington/Dafina, 2004. * ''The Preacher's Son''. Kensington/Dafina, 2005. *''So You Call Yourself a Man''. Kensington/Dafina, 2006. *''She Ain't the One''. Dafina, 2006. *''Something on the Side''. Kensington/Dafina, 2008. *''Up to No Good''. Kensington/Dafina, 2009. * ''Big Girls Do Cry''. Dafina Books, 2010. *''Town between Two Lovers''. Kensington/Dafina, 2010. *''Choir Director''. Kensington/Dafina, 2011. *''The Man in 3B''. Grand Central, 2013. * ''Man on the Run''. Grand Central Publishing, 2017. *''Influence''. Urban Books, 2018.

The Family Business series

* ''The Family Business''. With Eric Pete. Urban Books, 2012. *''The Family Business 2''. With Treasure Hernandez. Urban Books, 2013. * ''The Family Business 3: The Return of Vegas''. With Treasure Hernandez. Urban Books, 2014. *''The Family Business 4''. With C.N. Phillips. Urban Books, 2018.

References

External links

*
Interview
with ''Access Cleveland'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Carl 1964 births Living people African-American writers American book publishers (people) 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people