K’wan
K’wan is a Top 100 AALBC.com Bestselling Author Making Our List 9 Times
Born the only child of a poet and a painter, K’wan Foye was surrounded by creativity. For years K’wan composed novels and tried to get published, only to have door after door slammed in his face.
Finally, In 2002 K’wan hit the scene with his debut novel Gangsta, under Triple Crown Publications. It was the first novel released by the budding house and would eventually become the building block for what is now a multimillion dollar company. After penning his second novel, Road Dawgz (2003), K’wan drew the attention of St. Martin’s press. The literary powerhouse quickly signed K’wan to a multi-book deal, the first of which being Street Dreams (2004). K’wan’s titles also include Hoodlum (2005), Eve (2006), Hood Rat (2006), Flexin & Sexin: Sexy street tales vol. 1 (2007), Blow: A G-unit novella (2007), Still Hood (2007), Gutter (2008), Section 8 (2009), Flirt: An anthology (2009), From Harlem with Love: A short (2010), The Leak: A Hood Rat Short (2010) Welfare Wifeys (2010), Gangland (2011), Eviction Notice (2011), Love & Gunplay (2012), Animal (2012), Purple Reign (2013) and the highly anticipated Animal 2: The Omen which will be released in late 2013 under Cash Money Content. K’wan is also the author of several dark fantasy novels written under a pseudonym.
K’wan has been featured in Vibe, Pages, King, Felon, Big News, The Library Journal, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Press, Clutch and most notably Time Magazine, to name a few. He was also interviewed by MTV News for a feature on Hip-Hop fiction, and a guest on Power 105’s morning show as well as NPR (national public radio). In addition to being an accomplished author, K’wan is also a motivational speaker, mentor to at risk children.
K’wan currently resides in New Jersey where he is working on his next
novel. Please visit his website: www.Kwanfoye.com
Harlem Bred Authors K’wan &
Treasure Blue,
at AALBC.com’s booth during Book Expo 2007
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