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BIOGRAPHY:

Called "a gifted and visionary wordsmith" by ESSENCE magazine and praised by The Washington Post for his "poetry (that) shakes up the status quo," multi-talented writer, performer, educator and social entreprenuer Eric Christopher Webb (E.WEBB?!) is:

The author of the most highly-anticipated debut novel, The Garvey Protocol: Inspired By True Events (COMING SOON), which ambitiously weaves a storytelling mix of Donald Goines, (Never Die Alone, Crime Partners, Dopefiend, etc.), John Grisham (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, etc.) and Sam Greenlee (The Spook Who Sat By The Door) into a conspiracy thriller reminiscent of John A. William's controversial novel, The Man Who Cried I Am;

The National Black Authors Tour bestselling author of the sold-out Love Letters, Death Threats & Suicide Notes as well as three other books, Coming of Age: The Waking of Sleeping Giants, Recipe for Revolution and P: Writings of Love, Passion & Eroticism, contributing to several journals, anthologies and magazines;

Featured in a major motion picture, independent film, videos, commercials and literary documentaries on HBO, BET Weekend's Evening of Spoken Word, BET Rap City, Video Jukebox, The Party Machine, The Learning Channel, Voice of America and XM Radio;

Known for his passionate and electrifying spoken word performances and has shared the stage with the likes of the legendary Last Poets, poet Sonia Sanchez, motivational speaker Iyanla Vanzant,Grammy-award winning artist Jeffrey Osborne, Jazz great Jean Carne and actor Clifton Powell;

Featured and has co-written several spoken word and hip hop stage productions, including: I Dream A World: African American History Through Poetry, For Black Coffeehouse Poets Who Believe Their Shyt Really Matters?!, To Be Young, Gifted, Black With Rap, Baby Mama Drama and Wade In The Water;

The syndicated Webb's Words (formerly Soul Searching) columnist on issues of race and popular culture with nearly a million readers, appearing in numerous magazines, newspapers, newsletters and websites, including The Afro American Newspapers, Scoop USA, NNPA News wire, The Final Call newspaper and online, The Skanner.com, The Black Dallas Weekly, THISISBYUS.com, The Challenger News Network, The PG Post, The World Daily Net and Turning Point Magazine;

The founder and senior fellow of the Khepera Center for Expression & Social Change, developing and establishing national media advocacy campaigns and initiatives employing artistic expression to address tobacco control, HIV/AIDS, youth violence prevention, child abuse and drug rehabilitation for poor mothers;

The recipient of numerous awards, including The Living Of A Legacy Award, Black Achievers' Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Writing Profession and Lincoln University's Poet of the Laureate of the Year, Melvin B. Tolson Society Award, ACT 101 and its School of Humanities' Alumni Recognition Awards;

Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, The Heritage Registry of Who's Who, Madison Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals, Who's Who Among Writers, Editors and Poets, Who's Who In Poetry and Poets Encyclopedia, International Directory of Distinguished Leadership and Outstanding Young Men of America.