“Whisper is taut romance-thriller” (Book Review in the San Antonio Express-News, Sunday, August 5, 2007)

“Maureen Smith Fourth Novel Due for September Release,” feature article, African-American Reflections Newspaper, August 16-21, 2006

Featured in full page ad, New York Times, Sunday, May 21, 2006

Featured in full page ad on back cover, The Writer Magazine, May 2006

Featured in full page ad, Black Issues Book Review, January – February 2006

A Heartbeat Away featured in True Confessions Magazine September 2005 contest

Feature Interview, The Motivated Writer, June 2005

Feature Interview, Black Romance Magazine, May 2005

Rising Star, Romance in Color (November 2004)

Cover Author, Shades of Romance Magazine (November/December 2004)

Winner, 2002 Romance in Color Reviewers' Choice Awards: New Author of the Year and Romantic Suspense of the Year

"Marlton Author Sets Romance Novel in Upper Marlboro," (Star-Gazette Newspaper, July 18, 2002)

Cover Author, Shades of Romance Magazine (July/August 2002)

Feature Interview on MPB Network (September 26, 2002)

Feature Interview on Romance in Color (October, 2002)