A raw in your face story of teenage love, lust, murder, and revenge set in the Bronx in the early seventies, where the cold business world of organize crime melds with the brutality of street gang warlords that ignites a winner takes all battle for u
In June, 2000, two college students — Amy Shute and Jason Burgeson — were approached by a group of men. Forced into the backseat and driven to a remote location, they were murdered in cold blood.
Following this brutal double homicide, Johnston, RI D
'I was born to be a storyteller. Even my dreams have a full cast of characters and a twist in the tail.'
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I am a Kenyan-born novelist, scriptwriter and Internet technologist. I am also deeply involved in theatre and I have written several plays, including 'Hannah and the Angel' and 'The Stacy Walker Interview'.
I was born on 23rd April which, by a happy coincidence, is also William Shakespeare's birthday (he was born on 23rd April, 1564)! From a young age, I was a voracious reader of books but it wasn't until our high school English teacher told her other students, 'I wish you you could all write the way Alexander does!' that I decided to become a career writer.
In 2001, I became Africa's first e-novelist with the publication of 'When the Whirlwind Passes', a crime/suspense novel. Since then, I have penned plays, poems, short stories, novels and song lyrics. My writings are available English, Japanese, Arabic and Swedish.
Accomplishments
The whodunnit, 'When The Whirlwind Passes', remains Kenya's most-downloaded e-novel.
My poems have been published by major newspapers and in a poetry anthology.
Nominated for Douglas Coupland Short Story Award in 2004 for 'Life as a Flower'
Winner of a Theatre Company prize for the comedic stage play, 'Hannah and the Angel
Double-shortlisted for 'Rock and Republic' and 'A Cold Day in December' in the Kwani?-organised writing competition themed 'The Kenya I Live In' (2009)
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