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Authors receive competitive royalty rates and play an integral role in the development of their book as it moves from manuscript to finished product. In this lesson, we will learn about what it means for a novel to be labelled as street lit. This is a list of fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature, or related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy. The genre is also known as street fiction, gangsta lit, ghetto lit, or hiphop fiction. Claude is a young black man in search of a place where he can fit. Watkins is an author and publisher, most known for her acclaimed secrets of a side bitch series, among a plethora of others. Teri woods spent six years submitting her first novel, true to the game to numerous. Welcome to the official website of urban books, authors. Profanity, sex, and violence are usually explicit, with the writer not shying away. Find titles including bestsellers and new releases. A quickndirty trick to finding urban fiction is to go by cover art. Dubbed the uncle of urban fiction, blues other noteworthy book titles include keyshia and clyde and a street girl named desire. Urban fiction book cover designers urban fiction news.
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