ROBERT HAMMOND is a screenwriter and author of Grace Period: The Awakening of Abel Adams. Hammond is best known as a consumer advocate, spokesperson for Capital One Financial and the bestselling author of several books on consumer issues and personal finance, including Identity Theft: How to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset, Life After Debt: Free Yourself from the Burden of Money Worries Once and for All, and Credit Secrets: How to Erase Bad Credit. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Sociology and is pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. Hammond has worked as a program manager and consultant with several governmental, nonprofit and private organizations. He has provided counseling to thousands of individuals and was instrumental in establishing Riverside County’s (CA) alternative dispute resolution program. Hammond is a highly sought after public speaker and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television talk shows. He lives in Southern California.

Accomplishments: Finalist 2007 National Indie Excellence Awards - Religious Fiction and African American Fiction Categories

Grace Period: The Awakening of Abel Adams
Seeking freedom, love, and easy money, Abel Adams discovers a dark world of delusion, drugs, and self-destruction. His mysterious journey leads him through a labyrinth of crime, cults, and incarceration. Betrayals, beatings, and brutal prisons, drive him to death’s doorstep. Will Abel find deliverance before time runs out? Who can save him from himself? GRACE PERIOD: THE AWAKENING OF ABEL ADAMS will fulfill your longing to rise above impossible circumstances, to witness the triumph of truth over falsehood, to rejoice in the discovery of love through the power of faith. Pilgrim’s Progress meets Heart of Darkness as Grace Period traces a prodigal son’s allegorical passage from addiction to freedom. From the secret world of satanic cults and shooting galleries to healed relationships and a renewed sense of purpose, the spiritual awakening of an earthly soul who, searching for himself came face to face with God. You’ll love it. Guaranteed.