AltWeeklies Wire
In Federal Prison, Quentin Carter Wrote Best-Selling Novelsnew

While serving time for a drug offense, Quentin Carter made a name for himself as a best-selling author of street lit.
The Pitch |
Peter Rugg |
06-23-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Can Toy Styles Dominate the Cutthroat World of Street Lit?new

Styles has written two novels for Triple Crown Publications, one of the bigger names in the pulpy, erotic, and violent world of urban fiction, and a dominating force in the "African-American Literature" section of chain bookstores. Last November, though, Styles decided to strike out on her own and start her own house.
Washington City Paper |
Ruth Samuelson |
08-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews