1). E. N. Joy started off writing secular works under the name Joylynn M. Jossel.

2) E. N. Joy wrote street lit under the name JOY.

3) E. N. Joy was the first content development editor for Vickie Stringer’s Triple Crown Publications.

4) E. N. Joy wrote a children’s book, The Secret Olivia Told Me, under the name N. Joy and it received the Coretta Scott King Honor from The American Library Association.

5) The initials E.N. in E. N. Joy’s name stand for Everybody Needs (Joy).

6) E. N. Joy was the acquisitions editor for Carl Weber’s Urban Christian imprint for ten years.

7) E. N. Joy’s must have treat when on book signings is Red Vines licorice.

8) E. N. Joy’s favorite book that she’s written herself is titled If I Ruled the World, a book that earned her a book blurb from Grammy Award Winning Artist, Erykah Badu.

9) E. N. Joy does editing and literary consulting in which some of her clients have included actor Christian Keyes, singer Olivia Longott, and Reality Television star Shereé M. Whitfield.

10) E. N. Joy played the character of Helen in the stage play that sold out in LA titled
“She Who Finds a Husband,” which was based on her book with the same title.