Endy
Endy was born in Newark, NJ. Like most inner city children she was fascinated by the noise of the busy streets in the "hood. Raised in a two parent home with her younger brother, her parents knew the harsh reality of living in the city. With her mother being robbed several times at gun point while operating the clothing store they owned, her father carted his family away to the suburbs of Linden, NJ. Endy’s father wanted to give his family a better home and a solid foundation. Little did he know his daughter would be drawn back to the streets in which she was born.
Endy first noticed her creative niche when she was 9 years old. She loved to
read and write poems and short stories. At that age she had an imagination
bigger then any ocean. She graduated from high school as a well rounded girl.
Sports orientated and the personality to melt any heart of ice. She was known
to her friends as the life of the party. She always told stories dramatizing
them with wit and creativity, that you could imagine your self right there in
the middle of it. "My friends always said that I could take a simple sentence
and turn it into an adventurous ride like at Six Flags Great Adventure. They
would say you are crazy!"
But Endy felt a magnet pulling at her and that
magnet was the streets. So, she returned. Although, she continued with her
schooling in which she enrolled at Union County College, she couldn’t shake the
monkey on her back. "I’ve seen a lot in my time in the streets and I’ve stored
them in the back of my brain as a learning tool."
As an adult she became involved in different
after school programs for kids after witnessing what most children had to deal
with growing up in the "hood. She continued to write poetry going on to win
several poetry contests in NJ and in NY night clubs. Endy loved to read and
write. She says, "It relaxes me and allows my mind to release all it has taken
in for the week."
Endy became heavily involved with the community
and volunteering many hours helping children. She joined the Pop Warner
Organization where she became a certified Head Coach for the Cheer teams. She
enjoys mentoring the girls steering them away from the fast life of glam and
glitter.
One day Endy sat down to do some creative poetry writing, when one thing led to
another and before she realized she had created a manuscript. She sat on the
manuscript for a long time not sure of what to do with it. So she began to
write another. Endy met one of her favorite authors, Al-Saadiq Banks founder of
True 2 Life Publications. She was introduced by a friend who was related to
him. From there it was the beginning of her first introduction to Crystal Lacey
Winslow who was interested in her work and later she signed with Melodrama.
Endy now resides in Kansas City, Missouri, where she is raising her two
daughters. She is currently still volunteering many of her hours to coach
children and dedicates her time to helping others. She is also currently working
on her next novel and plans to pump out many more.
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