I have taught with the New York City Department of Education for over two decades. I decided to wait this long to start publishing because family took priority. All the while, however, I kept honing my writing skills. I read all that there is to read about writing and what keeps a reader engaged in a story. I am, however, deeply motivated by authors like Chinua Achebe, Allen Paton, and George Orwell. Of course, I have other favorites, but the list would be too long to include here. If I've made one reader pause and question the world about him, I've done a monumental feat. However, as Tammy Ruggles noted in her review, I enjoy writing for the sake of entertaining and informing my readers. You can read an interview I did with Literary Titan a few years ago on their website. On your URL search field enter Literary Titan dot com followed by /2020/11/01/the-nature-of-man/. Also, you can read the five-star book review for Sisters Forever at Reader Views. Be sure to enter my book's title and my last name. Amazon rules prohibits me from adding the URL link here.