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187 IZ AN ART - 2009 LOS ANGELES BOOK FESTIVAL AWARD WINNER, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL AWARD WINNER
By: Richard L. Brown & Mikal H. El-Amin
ISBN: 9780615307497
PaperbackPrice: Was $14.95, Now $11.95 AT DOUBLE-UP PUBLISHING
Pages: 226
Synopsis Below

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I am a Publisher/AWARD WINNING Author. I began writing roughly about five years ago in 2005/2006, but began to seriously start writing professionally in 2007. I completed my first manuscript in 2008 and shortly after established my own publishing house.

A short while afterwards I released my AWARD WINNING debut novel "187 Iz An Art", which was coauthored along with Richard L. Brown.

I'm currently working on my next novel which is about a crime scene investigator, who is called to a crime scene that dramatically changes her life. My ultimate goal as a writer is to get into screenwriting which would be very gratifying and challenging for me.

187 Iz An Art Synopsis:

Kamikaze and Killa are cousins, who are two typical adolescents from the inner city streets of Durham, North Carolina. They hustle drugs and commit minor crimes, in order to keep pocket money to buy weed, clothes, and jewelry.

Kamikaze becomes infatuated with Paula an older girl from his projects, but after she rejects him, he realizes that the world he is from is motivated by money and power. With a newfound determination, Kamikaze and Killa formulate plans to take control of their projects from a New York dealer.

Paula, Tiffany, and Nee Cee, are three close friends from Liberty Street Projects, whom are all very beautiful street savvy older girls. The three friends willingly enter into a deadly life of hustling, deceit, and violence, when they join the cousins after they notice Kamikaze and Killa gaining power in their neighborhood.

The two cousins form a powerful drug organization called the 187 CRU, and the three girls take on the ranks of lieutenants. Because of its tight organization the 187 CRU grows in power fast all on the premise of the crew's motto, which is to murder its way to power. They expand throughout the city with no problems, until Kamikaze makes a costly mistake.

The 187 CRU ends up going to war with Stick-Up Sam and Trigga, the two brothers who are their primary enemies, and the powerful organization takes major losses. Many of the 187 CRU's members are murdered during the drug war with their rivals, but Kamikaze seeks retribution and vows to eliminate his enemies.