So... What can I tell you about me that you don't already know?
I was born and raised in Washington, DC, where I lived primarily until I was seventeen-years-old. I was raised by my mother, Karen Simpson, and my grandfather, Robert A. Mason. I lived in several different homes in various neighborhoods throughout my young life. Things became more stable when I started high school at Archbishop Carroll. High school was the best time of my life. I will always take pride in being a Carroll Lion!!!
When I graduated from Carroll, I moved to southern Virginia to attend Hampton University. After four years, I received my Bachelor's degree in English Arts / Creative Writing. I lived in Newport News, Virginia for another year before returning home to the Nation's Capital in search of a career in writing.
Immediately, I found a job as a writer/editor for a small magazine, Tax Analysts. In my spare time, I published several articles for Black Athlete Sports Network, an online publication. After a couple of years, I moved on to a new opportunity and began teaching for Prince George's County Public Schools. For the past eight years, I have coached basketball and taught Language Arts to eighth-graders at Charles Carroll Middle School.
In 2007, I published Heavy Is The Crown, a fictional novel loosely based on things I saw, heard and experienced growing up. A year later, I published my second novel, What Tomorrow May Bring: A Tale of Urban Romance. With this one I went in a totally different direction, writing a love story from an angle I felt was seldom seen. Most recently, I published my first novel for a teenage audience, Urban Lullabies, Volume 1: Prince Hawkins. This is the first in a series of books about a group of kids growing up in the Michigan Park area of NorthEast DC.
Currently I am a resident of Landover, Maryland, eager to take my craft to a new plateau. I recently became engaged to Kevona Somerville, pictured above with me. I am now a reporter/columnist for The Examiner, and a blogger on wordpress.com. You can expect to see much more from me in the near future.
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