Ever wonder about that bit of boilerplate on the copyright page of a novel that says
“Although inspired by actual events, this is a work of fiction…”?
Ways To Be Wicked is based on scandalous rumors that circulated at a high school
where I worked, but such school gossip is not uncommon or we wouldn’t have songs
like “Don’t Stand So Close To Me.” And when such rumors turn out to be true, the
prurient reporting that follows indeed shakes a whole community.
Right There in Black and White also begins with a real life experience: a serene
morning walk takes an ominous turn for Kendi, a young mixed-race man, when he
stumbles upon a lifeless white woman in the street. His decision to report the body
entangles him in a web of suspicion and prejudice.
Coming soon from Genius Book Publishing is She’s a Lot Like You, the sequel to Ways
To Be Wicked and a tumultuous rescue story set along the Arizona-Mexico border.
Driven by a code of the street he learned in his youth, Enrique Tavish surreptitiously
enters Sonora to save a 15-year-old girl from the life of prostitution into which she’s
been sold by her own brother.
Discover Right There in Black and White — a gripping novel that confronts suspicion, prejudice, and the cost of doing the right thing.
Available now from Genius Book Publishing.
