Ebony Aiken

"A Ray of Hope" is what you see when your eyes meet those of Ms. Ebony Jamila Aiken, Ebony a Mississippi born native now resides in San Antonio, Texas. She's the oldest daughter of Jarrett and Tammy Aiken, she also has (3) three younger brothers. Ebony's a Senior at Saint Mary's Hall where she is active and involved in High School life. Ebony is passionate about the arts, in addition to writing fiction she also enjoys writing poetry, choreographing and performing liturgical dance pieces, acting, and performing Dramatic Interpretations. She also enjoys singing and currently sings with her young adult choir at church. Ebony's writing has been inspired by her four favorite authors; Maya Angelo, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neal Hurston, and Terry McMillan. Ebony plans to attend college and major in writing and mass communications with her long term career plans to include; writing novels and becoming a political correspondent. A Ray of Hope is Ebony's first novel. Some of Ebony's other short stories and poems can be found on her blog site at ebonyaiken.blogspot.com Follow her on twitter @author_ebonya