Look and Listen

Biography

I'm a published novelist after working as a copy boy with the New York Times and a sportswriter with the Philadelphia Bulletin. My first novel, A Brownstone in Brooklyn, is the first of a trilogy, and is available in bookstores and on the internet. My second novel, Philly Style & Philly Profile, was published in 2007. My third novel, The Ghosts of Atlanta, is nearing completion."

Inspiration

After graduating from Brooklyn's Bushwick igh school, I spent the next four years riding the "A" train to Harlem, in upper Manhattan, to earn my Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College of New York. At CCNY, which was located just a few blocks from the famous Apollo Theater, Wednesday afternoons were hard on the undergraduates. The matinee performances of the major R&B groups of the times were more tempting than attending a boring college lecture. Most of the time I succumbed, but I attended enough classes to pass my courses and eventually earn a college degree from one of the best universities in the country. At CCNY, literature instructors like Prof. Thomas Tashiro, fueled the fire in me to become a writer!