Daniell “Lil Dan” Harshaw is an empowering, young author who was born on the Eastside of Detroit in April 1977.

As a youngster, he grew up in a middle-class neighborhood that eventually depleted overtime due to drugs, guns, and violence. By his late teens, facing the harsh realities of inner city street life became more than an understatement for Daniell, when he began encountering run-ins with the law. In 1995, he received a lengthy prison sentence and served time in a Michigan Correctional Facility.