Eric Jerome Dickey

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Eric Jerome Dickey (born July 7, 1961) is a New York Times best-selling American author best known for his novels about contemporary African-American life. He is also known for writing several crime novels involving grifters, ex cons, and assassins, the latter novels having more diverse settings, moving from Los Angeles to the UK to the West Indies, each having an international cast of characters.

Biography

Eric Jerome Dickey was born in Memphis, Tennessee on July 7, 1961. He grew up on the south side of Memphis, living on Kansas Street. He went to Riverview Elemetary, Riverview Junior High, and Carver High. After graduating high school, he went to college at Memphis State University, where he earned a degree in Computer System Technology. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in engineering.

Dickey was employed in the aerospace industry working at Rockwell International, ASSD division, as a software developer, before deciding that he wanted to pursue acting and stand-up comedy, and began the local and national comedy circuit.

Dickey wrote several comedy scripts for his personal comedy act, and later began writing short stories. In 1994, his first published short story "Thirteen" appeared in the IBWA's "River Crossing, Voices of the Diaspora--an Anthology of the International Black Experience". A second short story "Days Gone By" was published in the magazine "A Place to Enter".

Eric Jerome Dickey then developed a screenplay called "Cappuccino." "Cappuccino" was directed and produced by Craig Ross Jr. and appeared in coffeehouses around the Los Angeles area. In February 1998, "Cappuccino" made its local debut during the Pan African Film Festival at the Magic Johnson Theater in Los Angeles.

Eric Jerome Dickey has authored fifteen novels and has been featured in a variety publications, including "Essence magazine", "USA Today" and "The Los Angeles Times", and his novels have appeared on the bestseller lists of the "Blackboard," "The Wall Street Journal" and "The New York Times". Dickey has appeared as a guest on many shows, including BET's "Our Voices" and CNN's "Sunday Morning Live".

His latest books, "Sleeping with Strangers" and "Waking with Enemies" were released on April 10, 2007 and August 7, 2007, respectively. His 14th novel, "Pleasure", was released in April, 2008.

Eric is the author of the graphic novel called 'Storm', detailing the first meeting between the popular X-Men character Ororo Munroe and the king of the fictional land of Wakanda, the Black Panther.

Eric Jerome Dickey is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

On November 1, 2008 Eric will release his 15th solo work entitled "Dying for Revenge".

Bibliography

*Dying for Revenge (November 2008)
*Pleasure (April 2008)
*Waking With Enemies (August 2007)
*Sleeping With Strangers (April 2007)
*Chasing Destiny (May 2006)
*Voices from the Other Side: Dark Dreams II (April 2006) - contributing writer
*Genevieve (May 2005)
*Drive Me Crazy (July 2004)
*Naughty or Nice (October 2003)
*The Other Woman (May, 2003)
*Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002) - contributing writer
*Thieves' Paradise (2002)
*Black Silk (2002)
*Griots Beneath the Baobab: Tales from Los Angeles (2002) - contributing writer
*Between Lovers (2001)
*Mothers and Sons(2001) - contributing writer
*Got To Be Real (2000) - contributing writer
*Liars Game (2000)
*Cheaters (1999)
*Milk In My Coffee (1998)
*Friends & Lovers (1997)
*Sister, Sister (1996)
*Cappuccino (Movie) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170884/]

Awards

In the 2007 Glyph Comics Awards, the Fan Award for Best Comic was won by "Storm", by Eric Jerome Dickey.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225461/ Eric Dickey] on the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.urban-reviews.com/ontheline.html Audio Interview with Eric Jerome Dickey] on Urban Reviews
* [http://www.ericjeromedickey.com Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ericjeromedickey Myspace Page]