Let That Be the Reason

Abandoned by a drug-dealing boyfriend who leaves her with a stack of bills and nothing to her name, Pamela Xavier assumes a tough alter ego, Carmen, to survive on the streets as the head of a call-girl operation.

Queen of Hip-Hop Literature Vickie Stringer has revolutionized the literary industry as a pioneer of the Hip-Hop Literature genre. Beginning with the self-publishing of her first novel, the Essence Best Selling Let That Be the Reason, followed by the founding of her internationally renowned publishing company, Triple Crown Publications, Stringer s innovative voice and controversial style has earned her intrigue and fascination around the globe. The successes and achievements of Stringer s novels, Let That Be the Reason, its sequel, Imagine This, the scandalously provocative Dirty Red and the wide popularity of the Triple Crown Publications brand have garnered attention from prominent news media since Stringer ignited the Hip-Hop Literature era five years ago. Stringer and Triple Crown Publications have been featured in such prominent news media as The New York Times, Newsweek, MTV News, Publishers Weekly, The Boston Globe, Vibe, Essence, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, The Washington Post, Millionaire Blueprints Magazine and Writer s Digest, among many others. As the leader of the Urban Fiction Renaissance, Stringer and Triple Crown Publications became international in April of 2005 as her novels were translated and released in Tokyo, Japan. As a prominent literary agent, Stringer has brokered over one million dollars in book deals. As an inspiration and motivator to aspiring authors and self-publishers, Stringer has revealed the secrets to her success in How to Succeed in the Publishing Game. In 2004, Stringer also founded The Valen Foundation, a non-profit organization named for her son, to reunite and restore bonds between children and their incarcerated parents.