Dr. Rhonda M. Lawson is an award-winning 25-time published author, AI consultant, literary strategist, and founder of Meet the World Image Solutions, a boutique author services firm based in the DMV. With more than 30 years of writing and editing experience, she has supported nearly 1,000 authors through book coaching, manuscript editing, publishing strategy, and author publicity.Her latest novel, Surprise ... Swipe Right: A Big Easy Holiday Comedy, won the 2026 International Impact Book Award for Contemporary Fiction - Romantic Comedy. Set in New Orleans, it is a warm, laugh-out-loud story about a widowed woman whose daughter secretly signs her up for a dating app, and what happens when love surprises you at any age.Dr. Rhonda is a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant with 23 years of service, a former military journalist, and a proud New Orleans native. Her work has appeared in Soldiers Magazine, The Seattle Times, and The Army Times. She taught journalism at the Defense Information School and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College-Europe.She is the host of Horizons Author Lounge, co-host of Black Authors Matter TV, founder of the Black History Month Literary Weekend, and serves as National Publications Chair for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority National Educational Foundation.She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of Maryland University College, a Master of Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Northcentral University.