an adoptive mother, she decided to write about adoption. Her novel, Saving the Dream, tells the story of a young woman and her decision to have her baby or give it up for adoption and alternately explores the life her son might have lived in each world. Her book, Lynn's Angels - The True Story of E. Lynn Harris and the Women Who Loved Him tells the story of the life of the late author E. Lynn Harris and the five women who comprised the family that he invented for himself that he called "Lynn's Angels". It explores the universal concept of voluntary kinship with the goal of helping others appreciate the significance of their own invented families. She is also the co-author of a children's book entitled "A Boy Named Rocky: A Coloring Book for the Children of Incarcerated Parents" and is a frequent speaker and lecturer on issues related to these children and their families. She has assisted with and instituted initiatives to help these families with access to resources for their children, including the development of a legal clinic at Texas Southern University. Her book, "You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Tales From a Judicial Diva", is an autobiographical look at her life on and off the bench. Personal life Gilmore is mother of Sean Harrison Gilmore, an entrepreneur. She is the recipient of numerous civic awards for community service and served as president of the YWCA of Houston, as a member of the Board of Trustees for Hampton University for seventeen years, the Board of Trustees for the River Oaks Baptist School and on the advisory board of Inprint, a literary arts organization for readers and writers. A golfer, she also served on the board of First Tee of Houston. She serves on the boards of the DePelchin Children’s Center and Texas Children’s Hospital. See also List of African-American jurists References Sources External links Gilmore's website 1956 births Living people 20th-century American judges 20th-century American women judges 21st-century American judges 21st-century American women judges African-American judges Hampton University alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton University of Houston alumni University of Houston Law Center alumni Writers from Texas