Philadelphia native Vonetta C. Pierce is making her creative debut with Shameless . After being inspired to write by Daaimah S. Poole ( What's Real and Got a Man ), Vonetta started penning a story in the summer of 2004. Daaimah and other writers gave her positive feedback on a prologue she sent them, so Vonetta continued to write. She soon met Mark Anthony of Q-Boro Books at Unity Day in Philadelphia, purchased Dogism, and was intrigued by Mark's spiritual approach to urban lit. Over the next several months, Vonetta worked diligently on her manuscript, mailing queries off to several agents.

Remembering what Mark had told her about trusting her talent and ability, she did not let five solid rejections deter her.  She quickly received an offer from Q-Boro. Vonetta is a firm believer that with God anything is possible and that dreams really do come true. This is evidenced by the fact that she became inspired to write, finished a novel, and is being published - all in less than a year, an unheard of time frame within the literary industry.

Vonetta Pierce received her BA in Spanish from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, her M.Ed. from Temple University, and is at work on her M.Ed in School Counseling.  She is a high school Spanish teacher and has one daughter. She is currently working on some poetry and a second novel.

Visit her website at www.VCPierce.com.

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