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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Umar Quadeer, author of Enemy Bloodline

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Umar Quadeer, author of Enemy Bloodline
(Wahida Clark Presents)

Son of a black gangster and an Italian mother with ties to a high profile mobster, the deadly mixture allows Spaz to become the most ruthless gangster in the City of Brotherly Love. What starts off as a plot to move his mother out of the lethal streets of North Philly turns into a multimillion-dollar drug enterprise.

With his mafia drug supplier, Sticky Scilionni in his right ear, and the leader of the Black Boss Family, Kareem, in his left ear, who can Spaz trust once he becomes a threat to the very street mentors that have trained him? His life takes on a ferocious transformation as he rises in power and becomes the gatekeeper of the hood between warring families.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Enemy Bloodline”?

Umar Quadeer: I came up with Enemy Bloodline sitting in prison bored. I wanted a TV in my cell and couldn’t have one, so I went into my mind and started watching TV! My inspirations came from me wanting a GT Bentley. I imagined me in it. I imagined what I was wearing. I saw myself riding around my city in this luxurious automobile. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Umar Quadeer, author of Enemy Bloodline →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Randall Barnes, author of The Diary Of Aaliyah Anderson

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Randall Barnes, author of The Diary Of Aaliyah Anderson
(DC Bookdiva Publications)

The Diary Of Aaliyah Anderson is about an intelligent, ambitious thirteen year old young woman that writes diary entries chronicling her life living in the fictional city of Willowsfield, Georgia, statistically the #1 most dangerous city in America.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “The Diary Of Aaliyah Anderson”?

Randall Barnes: Originally, I got the inspiration to write a book after seeing the void in aesthetically true young adult fiction books in the market. If it wasn’t a relationship book about a girl falling in love with a player or high school “jock”, it was about mythological worlds, warlock, wizards, dragons and vampires. How can that entertain a brother that’s obsessed with getting money, garnering the attention of pretty females and the stats that LeBron James posted up in his last game? Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Randall Barnes, author of The Diary Of Aaliyah Anderson →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Charles L. Mahoney, author of Story of The Ghost

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Charles L. Mahoney, author of Story of The Ghost
(CM9 Digital)

Nicknamed “The Ghost” by an overly ambitious newspaper reporter, a sixteen year old boy learns what it means to sacrifice when he plays the game of eight-man football alone, solo.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Story of The Ghost”?

Charles L. Mahoney: I was a football player at the University of Arizona, and one day I had a person come up to me and call me “The Ghost”. I had never heard that name before nor did I know what the person was talking about. Years later, I wondered what it would be like if the hero of my story was called that name by a reporter, achieving a lot of local fame in the process. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Charles L. Mahoney, author of Story of The Ghost →