(Photo Credit:
Marcia Wilson, taken at the 1st Harlem Book Fair July 1999)
Sister Souljah was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in the projects. A graduate of Rutgers University, she earned a degree in American History and African Studies. She also attended the Cornell University Advanced Placement Studies, and studied abroad in Europe at the University of Salamanca.
As a community activist, Souljah organized against racially motivated crimes, police brutality, and the miseducation of urban youth. She produced and promoted several outdoor rallies and concerts, in Harlem NY, which drew nearly 30,000 youth each time, as well as the participation of top Hip-Hop and R&B celebrities.
Today, Souljah is a 21st Century multidimensional woman. From 1995-2007 she was the Executive Director of Daddy's House Social Programs, the charitable wing of Bad Boy Entertainment. At Daddy's House Sister Souljah created cultural and academic programs which were offered to urban youth and housed at Columbia University. Souljah also created, designed and directed summer sleep away camps and international youth travel groups which have had a powerful impact on many youth in America. She is the author of 4 national best sellers, The Coldest Winter Ever (Fiction), Midnight, A Gangster Love Story (Fiction), Midnight and The Meaning Of Love, (fiction) and NO DISRESPECT. In 2008 within one week of the release of Midnight, A Gangster Love Story, Sister Souljah became a New York Times Best Seller entering the charts at #7.
Sista SoulJah with Bill Moyers
Sister Souljah The Race Issue w/ Phil Donahue
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Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story
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Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books (January 29, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439165319
ISBN-13: 978-1439165317
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 1.2 x 8.5 inches
#5 on the AALBC.com Bestsellers list for Jan/Feb 2013
The Sequel Millions of Readers Have Been Waiting for . . .
At last, mega-bestselling author Sister Souljah delivers the stunning sequel
to The Coldest Winter Ever. Fierce, raw, and filled with adventure and
emotional intensity, A Deeper Love Inside is an unforgettable coming-of-age
story in the words of Porsche Santiaga, Winter’s younger sister.
Sharp-tongued, quick-witted Porsche worships her sister Winter. Cut from the
same cloth as her father, Ricky Santiaga, Porsche is also a natural-born
hustler. Passionate and loyal to the extreme, she refuses to accept her new
life in group homes, foster care, and juvenile detention after her family is
torn apart. Porsche—unique, young, and beautiful—cries as much as she fights
and uses whatever she has to reclaim her status. Unselfish, she pushes to
get back everything that ever belonged to her wealthy, loving family.
In A Deeper Love Inside, readers will encounter their favorite characters
from The Coldest Winter Ever, including Winter and Midnight. Sister
Souljah’s soulful writing will again move your heart and open your eyes to a
shocking reality.
Midnight
and the Meaning of Love
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Hardcover: 624 pages
Publisher: Atria (April 12, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439165351
ISBN-13: 978-1439165355
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.9 inches
Sister Souljah, the New York Times bestselling author of The Coldest
Winter Ever and Midnight, delivers her most compelling and enlightening
story yet. With Midnight and The Meaning of Love, Souljah brings to her
millions of fans an adventure about young, deep love, the ways in which
people across the world express their love, and the lengths that they
will go to have it.
Powerful and sensual, Midnight is an intelligent, fierce fighter and
Ninjutsu-trained ninja warrior. He attracts attention wherever he goes
but remains unmoved by it and focuses on protecting his mother and
sister and regaining his family's fortunes. When Midnight, a devout
Muslim, takes sixteen-year-old Akemi from Japan as his wife, they look
forward to building a life together, but their tumultuous teenage
marriage is interrupted when Akemi is kidnapped and taken back to Japan
by her own father, even though the marriage was consummated and well
underway.
'There's not one drop of inferiority in my blood,' Midnight says as he
first secures his mother, Umma, and sister, Naja, before setting off on
a global journey to reclaim his wife. Midnight must travel across three
countries and numerous cultures in his attempt to defeat his opponent.
Along this magnificent journey he meets people who change him forever,
even as he changes them. He encounters temptations he never would have
imagined and takes risks that many a lesser man would say no to, all for
the women he loves and is sworn to protect.
Midnight; A Gangster Love Story
(The Sequel to the Coldest Winter Ever)
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Atria (October
14, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416545182
ISBN-13: 978-1416545187
Sister Souljah, the hip-hop generation's number one author
and most compelling storyteller, delivers a powerful story about
love and loyalty, strength and family. In her bestselling novel,
The Coldest Winter Ever, Sister Souljah introduced the world to
Midnight, a brave but humble lieutenant to a prominent
underworld businessman. Now, in a highly anticipated follow-up
to her million-selling masterpiece, she brings readers into the
life and dangerously close to the heart of this silent, fearless
young man.
Raised in a wealthy, influential, Islamic African family,
Midnight enjoys a life of comfort, confidence, and protection.
Midnight's father provides him with a veil of privilege and
deep, devoted love, but he never hides the truth about the
fierce challenges of the world outside of his estate. So when
Midnight's father's empire is attacked, he sends Midnight with
his mother to the United States.
In the streets of Brooklyn, a young Midnight uses his Islamic
mind-set and African intelligence to protect the ones he loves,
build a business, reclaim his wealth and status, and remain true
to his beliefs.
Midnight, a handsome and passionate young man, attracts many
women. How he interacts and deals with them is a unique
adventure. This is a highly sensual and tremendous love story
about what a man is willing to risk and give to the women he
loves most. Midnight will remain in your mind and beat in your
heart for a lifetime.
Her "raw and true voice" (Publishers Weekly) will both soothe
and arouse you. In a beautifully written and masterfully woven
story, Sister Souljah has given us Midnight, and solidified her
presence as the mother of all contemporary urban literature.
The Coldest Winter Ever
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Atria, November 2004
Hardcover, 368 pages
ISBN-10: 0-7434-9938-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-9938-5
In The Coldest Winter Ever, internationally known author, activist,
and hip-hop artist Sister Souljah brought the streets of New York to
life in a powerful and unforgettable first novel. Beautifully written,
raw, and authentic, this novel firmly established Sister Souljah as the
mother of all contemporary urban literature and the author of the first
classic of the genre.
I came busting into the world during one of New York's worst snowstorms,
so my mother named me Winter.
Ghetto-born, Winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent
Brooklyn drug-dealing family. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded,
this teenage female hustler knows and loves the streets like the curves
of her own body. But when a cold wind blows her life in a direction she
never expected, her street smarts and seductive skills are put to the
test of a lifetime.
In this special gift edition, Sister Souljah shares her secret thoughts
on creating the story that rocked ghettos worldwide and introduced all
readers to the real ghetto experience. For the first time ever, readers
will discover the answers to the continuous questions asked by her fans.
Souljah discusses the symbolism behind characters like Midnight and
Santiaga, as well as the many meanings of the story. Readers will also
learn about Souljah's unique writing process and exactly what inspired
her to pen the definitive novel of the hip-hop generation. In her own
voice, Souljah will share why this novel is truly a story of our time.
No Disrespect
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ISBN: 0679767088
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: January 30, 1996
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: January 30, 1996
Rapper, activist, and hip-hop rebel, Sister Souljah possesses the
most passionate and articulate voice to emerge from the projects. Now
she uses that voice to deliver what is at once a fiercely candid
autobiography and a survival manual for any African American woman
determined to keep her heart open and her integrity intact in 1990s
America.
"Sister Souljah is one of the most eloquent and articulate spokespersons
of her generation. Listen to her courageous and painful words in this
book." 'Cornel
West
"Sister Souljah is a legitimate young voice in black America, a solid
thinker who is astute, justifiably angry, and boldly outspoken. In No
Disrespect she sets the record straight on where she stands on life,
love, spirituality, and race."--Nathan McCall
360 Degrees of PowerAudio CD
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Original Release Date: January 1992
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sony
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