-2023 Quill Award winner-
Here is the LADP Author line up.
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Kelvin Scott
I was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20th, 1989 and was also raised there. I have been into writing since grade school and have always leaned towards profession’s that had something to do with writing. I grew to love story building and my main focus point when writing is to catch the reader’s attention and to keep them on the edge of their seat in dire need of knowing what's going to happen next. I enjoys writing, reading, music, sports and the outdoors. My first Published book is “Secretly Secured” and is out now on Kindle and Nook.
BornTrue Bethea
I was born on July 31, 1981, in New York. I moved to Philadelphia, Pa. when I was a teenager and when I was nineteen I started to explore the city more and write about my adventures. I went to community college to obtain my communications degree and now I am at Temple working on a business management, film and media degree. I aspires to one day own my own production company.
Charles Broadie
Charles is the CEO of LADP and a seasoned author. He wrote the best selling series "King of the Streetz" and is in the process of gracing our bookshelves with many more.
Dewain Williams
Dewain Williams was born in Flint, Michigan on May 24 1977. His family moved to Smyrna, Georgia in 1988 where He went to Campbell High School. He has no kids. His mom and dad had only two children together Dewain and his younger sister Contrina Williams.
Dewain just started writing this year. He wrote his first book, an autobiography that will be out very soon, so that people would learn from his mistakes and not fall into the same traps. This is his first book but he plans to write many more. He is actually finish with his second which is fiction and is starting on his 3rd.
Randy Cochran
Hello my name is Randy L. Cochran. I was born in Hartford Connecticut and I went to Weaver High School were I played football and baseball. I also boxed for the Stowe Village Boxing Club in Hartford Connecticut. One of my best friends is a retired professional boxer and a New England champion by the name of John Skully A.K.A. Ice Man. I enjoy reading and writing and when I was in school I was good at writing short stories. What inspired me to write was reading a lot of Steven King and Jackie Collin books. Living the street life I saw a lot of events in my life, some good and some bad. But by the grace of God I made it out of the streets a solider and every solider has a story to tell. So sit back and enjoy the stories of a solider out Hartford Connecticut.
Jonas Brinkley
I am a 25 year old self-educated young black man originally from Tifton, Georgia where I was raised by my mother along with three older brothers. My father never played a role in my life.
The majority of the experiences of the character Troy from my book, are some of my own life experiences. In spite of my hardships I graduated high school with an A average. I am currently attending Global University for Evangelism and Discipleship through correspondence classes. I am also attending Theosophical University. I enjoy writing poetry.
My main objective is to show people that no matter what a person goes through in life, he or she has the choice to stay stagnate or see their situation evolve into something beautiful. “Many people will reject your attempt to be a better person for many reasons, but I encourage everyone to continue to move forward and you will eventually find someone who believes in you as much as you believe in yourself.” Jonas Brinkley.
Diamond
Diamond is the mother of five children and the grandmother of seven grandchildren. She began writing children’s books when she started having grandchildren out of the love that she has for children. Diamond’s mother is her biggest motivation and inspiration. Her first book to be published with Life After Death Publicationz is “Toby Goes to the Beach” and will be released on August 29th.
Mack Trimble-Prince Abdul Aziz
Knowledge Tauhid is the pen name of inmate Mack Trimble Jr. of whom is currently serving out his sentence in the Georgia Penal System at Wilcox State Prison, located in Abbeville, Georgia. He was born and raised in the city of Moultrie, Georgia, located in the southwest part of the state. However, he was educated and trained in the North, in Bristol and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, respectively. In discovering his literary talent while in prison and finding a niche within the profession, he began penning works in the year 2011 and certainly planned to utilize and embrace the time and the opportunity that his service to the system and debt to society has allotted him.
Knowledge has acquired a degree in Constitutional Law and Criminal Justice and is now a certified and approved paralegal at law. He offers legal aid and litigation advice to his fellow inmates
currently residing at the prison in which he does and throughout the state as he is assigned to the law library as an aide. He also ascribes to a vegan diet and does not ingest any meat nor animal by-products into his body. He has plans to write about such experience in various vegan and other vegetarian based sources soon. Knowledge is also a member of The American Vegan Society, Vegetarian Resource Group and other progressive groups that are related.
Knowledge is a devout Muslim by nature and by faith. His Islamic foundation is rooted in The Nation of Islam and has grown to strictly adhere to the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad of Arabic of 1400 years ago, and the Supreme Wisdom Lessons of his nation.
Look forward to works and further material from him in the present and in the future. He can be contacted at: Mack Trimble Jr #952058 Wilcox State Prison P.O. BOX 397 Abbeville, Georgia 31001.
Shamica Gonzalez & Kasam Hennix
Shamica Hennix is a Pennsylvania native who co-wrote, “The Streets or My Wife” with her husband Kasam, which got her nominated for the UBAWA Best New Author.
When she is not writing books she works for lifepath people who have mental/physical disabilities. She also enjoys singing and hanging out with her two highly energetic teenagers, Shaniece and Christian.
Shaniece is following in her mother’s footsteps and is also an inspiring author. She inspired the book “Gone Girl” and helped her mom write it.
Kasam Hennix is Shamica’s husband and writing partner. He is from New Jersey and Shamica is originally from Virginia. They met in Pennsylvania, fell in love and now write as a team. They are currently working on the series called, “The Streets or My Wife.”
The team has been writing for about two years and have lots more heat in store for you. So make sure you check them out, you won't be disappointed! They look forward to publishing many books in the future and maybe even having their own publishing company!
Steve Evans
My name is Steven Evans, I live in Commerce, Oklahoma. I'M separated and have 3 grown boys. I love shooting pool, writing poetry and I’m kind of addicted to history and discovery channels. I'm not very active now after four surgeries on my spine and three heart attacks.
I have always liked to write and had some bright spots in school but I didn't start writing seriously until 2010. I like the dark and disturbing poems most of all. To me they're just more interesting and there's a lot more you can do with them. I do write the romantic and love poems, but I just really enjoy the darker side of life and love when it comes to poetry.
I have written one collection of poetry and I am currently working on another called “Savor the Darkness.” I also have a short horror story that I'm working on with Life After Death Publicationz called "Weeping Willow," but I want it to be a full novel before I am done.
Da'Author Raymone
is a street savvy writer that was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Southern Pines, North Carolina. He attended Pinecrest High school and Richmond Community College where he majored in Business Management. He found his niche in writing at the age of 26 and completed his first novel "A HUSTLER AND THE MARRIED WOMAN" at age 28. Since then he has written a list of novels of different genres.
Be on the lookout for his future releases such as "WHEN PLAYAS PLAY", "IS THE GRASS GREENER" as well as "A HUSTLER AND THE MARRIED WOMAN". Da'Author is also the writer of THE URBAN CLASSIC SERIES titled "THE COME UP", "THE COME UP 2" and "WESTSIDE BOYZ". Da'Author is married with five children and currently resides in North Carolina with his wife and youngest daughter.