SANDRA

JACKSON-OPOKU

Sandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of three award-winning novels. Her fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic works are widely published and produced. Professional recognition includes a Circle of Confusion TV Writers Discovery Fellowship, the M Film Labs “Tales of Identity & Imagination" finals, an NEA Fellowship, a Chicago Esteemed Artist Award, the Malice Minotaur Award for First Mystery Novel, and others.

TITLE: Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes (Hour-Long Pilot)
GENRE: Murder Mystery, Adaptation

LOGLINE: Soul food chef Savvy Summers puts on her sleuthing cap to discover who’s killing old men with Viagra-laced servings of her prize-winning sweet potato pie. Suspects come out of the woodwork and bodies pile up. Hopefully, the next one won’t be hers.