“I am a descendent of Africans...Born in America, a man of color, so I am a Black man, with African blood flowing thru my veins but I am an AMERICAN citizen. Black is not a race rather a color. I am African AMERICAN“
 
J.M. Benjamin, is an Essence Best Selling and Award Winning Author, hailing from Plainfield New Jersey. He has gone on to pen a sleuth of urban tales and three non-fiction motivational pieces. In addition, J.M. has contributed to several anthologies, with some of Urban fiction’s most notable. One in particular, he adapted into a screenplay (Moves We Make 2016) based on his contribution in the AAL Award Winning Anthology, The Massacre, titled “Check Mate”. Since then, J.M.’s short feature has received many accolades at Indie FilmFestivals, including receiving Honorable Mention for the 2016 Paul Robeson Award at the Newark Black Film Festival, earning him the title, Award winning screenplay writer. Mr. Benjamin is also an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and mentor. He has appeared on and featured in various different magazines, newspaper, radio and news stations such as; The New York Times, ABC, Fox & CBS News as well as the Wendy Williams Experience to name a few, both for his literary accomplishments and community service world-wide. In just a little under 12 years, J.M. has managed to accomplish all of this and then some after being incarcerated for over a 12 1/2 years. J.M.’s upbringing provided him with the necessary tools he now uses through his writing, to capture and display the reality and horrors of the street life. He uses his work to encourage and inspire others to pursue their dreams and goals. Mr. Benjamin exemplifies the meaning of, “Never too late.” Recently relocated to the Indianapolis, IN, where he attends IVY Tech & will be releasing an independent urban drama short, titled, “A Time For Finesse”, based out of the “Circle City”. J.M. continues to prove that you do not have to become a product of your environment or a statistic. His books can be found in the likes of; Walmart, Target, Stop & Shop, Barnes & Nobles, independent book stores, E-books and Amazon.com. Visit J.M. on all social media; Jm Benjamin

“Our family lineage is Haitian and Jamaican and American . While I respect both descriptions, African American limits my bloodline to a stereotype. I AM A PROUD BLACK PERSON..”
 
Brother and Sister author team, Allen and Debra, wrote 3 novels while Allen was serving a 20 year prison sentence. Debra promised her brother that she would make this dream happen and made sure that Cuties would go from words on some notebook to a Sexy and twisted novel. Debra is a retired Port Authority driver and also works a successful Pure Romance party and Travel agent business. Allen is self employed with his cleaning business. This sibling team has a lot more to come. Watch out for more from Neau World Books!
 
Book Synopsis -  
When Ramona grabbed the bag that her now jailed boyfriend stashed after his robbing sprees, she had no idea how much her life was about to change. Becoming the Lead Mama and overseeing her all female crew, they ran the drug game in the city of Pittsburgh. The Cuties include Ramona, twins Nijah and Kinnik, Mink Ray Ray and Tonique. Bosses in every sense of the word, the young women learned how to wash their money and stay out the way of the law. With a squad of beautiful assassins behind her, Ramona had made her way to to the top, stopping only to step over the ones that tried to stop her. When deceit amongst a crew member turned their world upside down, Ramona vowed to stop at nothing until revenge was hers. Once she began additional chapters of the Cuties in other cities and states it was apparent that the crew was unstoppable. And though Ramona believed that "money was the root of all things great" it seemed to be her greatest downfall. With everything from expensive cars and clothes at her fingertips it seemed the one thing that couldn't be bought was her sanity and she would soon see just how much of that she had lost in this game. Being betrayed by the ones that she thought were down for her showed her one thing for certain, what goes around surely comes back around and Ramona was no exception. Sit back and enjoy the ride the Cuties take you on and be thankful that you never crossed their path!
 
Website - www.neauworldbooks.ecwid.com
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“Had my DNA done and it said we came from West African around the slave coast but our hablo blood type isn't the same as Africans...we were E1B1A and they are E1E1B...”
 
Debra Clark is a 4x Award Winning Author of "Everyone Has A Story" with all 5 Star Rating on Amazon.com. She is the ex-fiance' of NFL Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns and the great great granddaughter of the Founder of Alabama A&M University and the great granddaughter of that same University. To which Debra's second book "Not Your Normal Family of Normal Alabama" is based on. She is also the owner of "Kat's Meow Publishing LLC". Debra also lectures on both books topics, Domestic Violence and the history of her family.
 
My forefathers names are Rev. Dr. William Hooper Council Esq. (Founder) and Dr. Walter Solomon Buchanan Sr. (First President)
 
Book Synopsis: "Everyone Has A Story" is based on true event of August 1986 domestic violence media frenzy of Debra Clark and then fiance' Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns. Debra's second book titled "Not Your Normal Family of Normal Alabama" is also based on Debra's historic family. The founder of Alabama A&M University Rev.Dr. William Hooper CouncillEsq. is Debra's great great grandfather. Debra tells of their 7generational family from Africa to current date. Sharing the struggles of slavery, Jim Crow and how each generation has their own level of success despite being a minority in this Nation! 
 
Also includes a short documentary about Debra's family filmed by WQED a PBS affiliate on Pittsburgh PA.
  
https://www.wqed.org/tv/watch/horizons/horizons-39
 

“I identify myself as black because not even person identified as African American is actually black. There are many ethnicities identified as African American simply because one of their parents are black.“
 
Pamesh Gates is a mother of four from Tennessee. Born in rural Tennessee, I have  always felt writing was the outlet for my dreams. When my family moved to Ohio in my tweens,  I used writing to cope with her homesickness. Now back in the deep south I love, I am signed to True Glory Publications working to bring you limitless entertainment through her work. Prior to signing to True Glory Publications in March 2017, I owned a event design company and provided consulting services. I live with one life mantra in mind: Whatever the mind can conceive it can achieve.

Book Synopsis: Brielle “Brie” Ambler enjoys an unbreakable bond with her sisters Varyah and Larrisa and their mother Kit. Through their company Diamond Rose Events, the women plan lavishly extravagant event which not only leave their clients happy but also dead. But when one of their victims puts them in the crosshairs of Detective Amato Mercanti, secrets from the past begin to come back to haunt them forcing the women to play a cat and mouse game in order to stay one step ahead.
 
website: www.pameshgates.com

“Personally, I prefer to identify as Black, not African American. Because not all black people are African American.”
 
Octavia Grant was born and raised in Georgetown, SC. While in South Carolina she attended Horry-Georgetown Technical College and graduated with an Associates in Applied Science Degree in Criminal Justice. She then received her Bachelors of Science from the University of Phoenix in Organizational Security and Management. 

In 2012, while vacationing in Florida, Grant decided The Sunshine State was somewhere she'd enjoy living. March 2012 she relocated to Jacksonville, FL. 

In her spare time, Ms. Grant enjoys reading Urban Literature as well as writing short stories. Grant was signed to True Glory Publications in December 2016. In her first year, she published 15 books. 6 of the 15 can be found on Audible.
 
Book Synopsis: Anything To Get Rich / No man has ever been able to resist Samiya Savage. The chocolate bombshell has everything: A big wallet, big butt, and sex appeal. What she doesn’t have is a man to call her own. That’s until she met Rich, in her favorite restaurant. She knew that Cupid had finally caught her when she met him. No man had ever captured her heart, and held her attention in the way that he had.

When you find a man like Richard “Richie Rich” Fleming, who’s young, black, and successful, you never let him go. Even if he belongs to someone else. Disregarding the warnings about Rich from her mother and best friend, she continues to pursue Rich, because when the heart wants what the heart wants, you shouldn’t deprive it. The funny thing about loving someone, is sometimes they don't love you back.
 
Website: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B06WW7WRDK

“I am not offended by either. I grew up knowing myself as a black girl and as I grew older I learned that I am an African American. The argument I've heard is that being African American is a culture and being black is only talking about the color.”
 
My name is Tishawna Pritchett and I am a Licensed Cosmetologist, HairCare Specialist, & VA Board Certified Instructor. In addition to caring for hair for the everyday woman I educate on selfcare (resulting in healthy hair), business, marketing, and management. My book 31 Tips to Healthy Hair is filled with selfcare knowledge that gives strategy to achieve and maintain healthy hair and my workshops and coaching lead women and entrepreneurs to the next level in pursuing their purpose.
 
Learn more about how I motivate and inspire women to Pursue Purpose with Passion through their own beauty, grace, knowledge, and confidence. Visit my website at www.TishawnaPritchett.com

“I prefer Black over African-American because I believe the term BLACK is more powerful and a more unified term. There is so much more to Black people than being American. Once outside the USA, I could stand in a room with other Black people from different countries and nothing about me will reflect an "American" based solely on my appearance. On the other hand, everything about me reflects a PROUD BLACK MAN.“
 
Chris McClean is an award-winning author, graphic designer, and speaker. Chris was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but his family roots trace back to the beautiful island of Barbados, West Indies. Chris spent over ten years in law-enforcement and uses his experience and education to demand his readers’ attention with realistic scenarios throughout his stories. After serving four years as a Patrol Officer for the Philadelphia Police Department, Chris took advantage of an opportunity of a lifetime. In 2012, a small police department in the suburbs of Philadelphia hired Chris, which made him the first African-American officer in the history of that department. After years of searching for a way to teach young children about social issues they were likely to encounter, he created the CrimeFighters: Defenders of Justice. The CrimeFighters are a diverse group of heroes that teach safety lessons to young readers.
 
Along with being a children’s author, Chris writes fiction under the pen name C.L. Lowry. He has released three books under his pen name, which include a crime anthology, post-apocalyptic thriller, and a guide to self-publishing. As a writing coach, Chris has helped over 25 writers self-publish more than 50 titles. He has assisted writers with outlining, editing, marketing, illustrating, and designing promotional material. Chris has been a speaker at several elementary schools, libraries, and non-profit programs. His presentations include reading of his books, safety presentations for children, and “know your rights” presentations for adults.

Chris McClean’s debut storybook The CrimeFighters: The Heroes Fight a Fire ranked on Amazon’s Top 100 Best Selling Children’s Books in the summer of 2016. Since then he has released stories that touch on the subjects of bullying, theft, and stranger danger. In 2016, Chris won an award for the bestanthology at the New York Book Festival (The Black Badge: Confessions of Corruption). In 2017, Chris was a finalist for the Book Excellence Awards (The CrimeFighters: The Heroes Stop a Bully) and winner of the Hungry Minds Book Award for the 2017 Independent Children’s Publisher (The CrimeFighters Book Series). The CrimeFighters series comes in picture books and a chapter series. Along with the CrimeFighters book series, Chris also worked with developers to create the CrimeFighters Coloring Book App for Apple and Android. The app is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2018.
 
Along with perfecting his penmanship, Chris also started a book review program called Creedom Book Critiques. Alongside his son, CJ, Chris provides honest book reviews to authors of all genres. Chris started Creedom Book Critiques after seeing the minimum amount of exposure independent authors received, despite all the hard work they put into their books. 
 
If you have any questions, suggestions, complaints or want to volunteer as a beta reader and receive free advance-reading copies of new books, please email Chris McClean at [email protected]. For more information on Chris McClean, Creedom Book Critiques and book release dates visitwww.creedombooks.com. For more information on the CrimeFighters book series, visit www.crimefightersbooks.com.

BOOK DESCRIPTION
THE CRIMEFIGHTERS - The CrimeFighters are a group of superheroes that are also law-enforcement officers and first responders. The CrimeFighters are friends that work together to fight crime and make the streets safer. They are equipped with special armored suits that have features that are linked to each of their skills and professions. The CrimeFighters group consists of junior versions of a Police Officer, Firefighter, Fire Marshal, State Trooper, Corrections Officer, FBI Agent, Paramedic, and Sheriff. The CrimeFighters develop plans on how to catch criminals and defend justice all over the world. Whether they are stopping a bully from being mean to people or preventing thieves from stealing, the CrimeFighters are here to “save the day.”
 
The CrimeFighters books are recommended for children, ages 6 and up. With the CrimeFighters books, children will:
 
•Be introduced to the CrimeFighters
•Learn about the diverse group of heroes
•Enjoy beautiful illustrations
•Love the creative stories
•Be taught safety lessons
•Understand the difference between “right” and “wrong”
•Expand their vocabulary
•Have fun reading
 
WEBSITES
www.creedombooks.com
www.crimefightersbooks.com
 

“I don't have a preference because I view being Black is general, and African-American as being region specific.  My wonderful black people are everywhere on this planet.  To call myself a Black Man, is a sense of pride to be counted among all of my people everywhere.  To be an African-American is a wonderful honor for what my family has fought and sacrificed for in the United States.  There are Afro-Mexicans, Afro-Puerto Ricans, Afro-Cubans, Liberians, Nigerians, and Ethiopians.  Each titles indicates where you are immediately from, but we are all Black and awesome.”
 
I was born in Findlay, Ohio. At the age of 16, my family moved to Sugar Land, TX. Shortly after moving, I began to write. No matter where I went, my writing followed. I wrote while attending University Of Houston, transferring and graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, graduate school at Bowling Green State University, marriage, fatherhood, and all points in between. Poetry is my snapshot in time because words mean more than pictures to me. They allow me to look, remember, and truly embrace each new experience.
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I love the city of Houston. Houston is where I met my wife, and where my son was born. Writing has enabled me to express myself thoroughly and creatively. Life is more than "happy love." At times, I have had to say good-bye. Sometimes, I have had to give chase. In other situations, I have had to sit still. Nevertheless, in all of the places I have lived, and moments I have experienced, all are worthwhile.
 
Book Synopsis
 
From a poet-author who is deep in thoughts, sentiments, and experiences comes an emotive and endearing collection of poems that speak of a myriad of themes and topics.  J. Elliot Howard has Rewritten Lives to share the lessons, dreams, hopes, and longings to others who are willing to listen.
 
In this poetry anthology, Howard unleashes his profound emotions through poetic verses.  With the ebb and flow of his words, readers will feel the depths of his psyche and the nadir of his heart.  Penning down these pieces, he conveys the unfathomable zenith of his feelings that range from memories, yearnings, conversations, saying goodbye, moving on, life sessions, new beginnings, reminiscences, dark moments, and more.
 
These poems are Howard’s expressions of what he observes, feels, understands, and accepts of life and love.  They are reminders of years gone by, the people that were, and the sentiments once felt.  This potpourri of lines varies from subject to subject and from one theme to the next, but they all speak of the beautiful colors of life.  In “My Turn Now,” he says, “With each turn of the page of life, through graduation and having a wife tears of joy burn down my cheeks as you have held my hand.” In “Lessons,” he writes, “Our moments are like the sand on the beach. Crystals of memories within reach that in my time of need have formed the rock to meet my every care.”  In “The Final Moment,” he ponders, “Life has its seasons, each season has its moments, and with these moments there are perfect times.”  In “A New Beginning,” he shares, “A newness of life, the coming of a fresh start.  Maybe a needed difference a need for change.”  These and more poignant words are sure to welcome readers as they leaf through the pages of Rewritten Lives.
 
Website: www.rewrittenlives.com

“At first glance, I thought African American author because I was born in American and that is what the history books will portray me as the legendary African American author. However, my heritage is worth more than the birthplace, and in some manner, the connotation that I am a part of American oversees the strength of African within me. AA dismisses part of me that is rich in intelligence, skill, craft, heritage, and some of my identity was stolen by a name that honestly has nothing to do with me.  I am a black woman or black author and proud. The symbolism in the black speaks volumes of because of the strength, gift, and heritage.Black may be more appropriate because it signifies the tone of my skin enriched with melanin.“
                                                   
Author Orjanette Bryant is a motivational speaker, wellness consultant, life coach, business coach, gifted in the ministry, and a Registered nurse.   As a guest speaker on the panel at several Natural hair care events, she educates women about a chemical-free approach to beauty.  This consultant shares her knowledge about natural hair care in her first published book, "Nubia's Guide to Going Natural".  You will learn the importance of avoiding the harmful chemicals and consider alternatives for your hair care.
                                                                             
Book Synopsis
 
Nubia's Guide to Going Natural offers a vast variety of options to a diverse variety of people. Natural is not limited to any specific culture, sex, age, or race. Natural is a chemical free living and people who transition to natural focus their attention on organic solutions to hair care. As you transition you must set ...
 
www.naturalnubian.net
 

“African-American. It's the closest title to embracing and specifying the two parts of my heritage. My ancestors are from Africa of course, but I'm American as well as Native American. Black is too broad a term, little more than a color to me. It doesn't include the range of skin tone of in African American's. We come in all colors.”

London Starr is a pen name for LaToya Wilson of Griffin, GA who lives there as a mother of three, wife, and brand new author who's pursuing a lifelong dream of writing, sharing her imagination, and giving people a warm place to go in her books when the real world has grown cold.

Book Synopsis: When it comes to unconditional love, Legacy Bennett gets it in spades from her mother despite life and luck often subjecting both women to Russian roulette with five bullets in the cylinder instead of one. Every time the trigger is pulled, it seems they lose something vital… or someone. 

At her mother’s request, Legacy makes plans to leave behind everything she’s ever known in inner city Warsaw, Illinois, and unintentionally steps right onto a well-worn path that her mother has already escaped once. 

Not getting off in time will lead Legacy straight into the clutches of someone who should love both women before all others. Legacy has no clue that the longer she stays in Warsaw, the better her chances for retracing her mother’s footsteps get. 
But what if she has to go where her mother has been to better her chances for survival? 

Website: http://latoyawilson713.wixsite.com/author-blog