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 Chris ...

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

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. He attended Virginia State University, where he received a B.S., and the University of Virginia, where he received an MBA. He published his first book, ''Lookin' for Luv'', in 2000. ''Man on the Run'' was a ''

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'' 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 BET. 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

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. Urban Books, 2012. *''The Family Business 2''. With

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. 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
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