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Specialty Subjects : Tennis, interior design, sports in society (including race and misogynoir in sports).

Book Credits : Serena Williams: Tennis Champion, Sports Legend, and Cultural Icon

Enter your professional bio here : Merlisa Lawrence Corbett is a journalist and author who writes about tennis, sports in society, home and garden, small business and general interests. She is the author of the book: Serena Williams: Tennis Champion, Sports Legend, and Cultural Heroine. Lawrence Corbett is also a contributor to AARP.org and TennisView magazine. A former tennis columnist for Bleacher Report and reporter for Sports Illustrated, she began covering sports while a college student at the University of South Florida. She also covered sports for the Pittsburgh Press, Staten Island Advance, Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times.Lawrence Corbett wrote the foreword for ''A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Track and Field,'' by legendary tennis star Arthur Ashe Jr. Her work has also appeared in HGTV.com, Ebony, Essence, Capitol File and Black Enterprise magazines. She graduated from USF with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Writing Credits : Sports Illustrated
Essence
AARP
HGTV.com
Bleacher Report
Angi
Capitol File
Montage
Black Enterprise
TennisView

Skills (Select all that apply) : Advertorials, Blog posts, Books, Essays, Social media, SEO

List any memberships you have with other organizations : National Association of Black Journalists, United States Tennis Association