Rasheed Clark

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Rasheed Clark (born April 10, 1975) is a best-selling American author best known for his novels about contemporary African-American life.

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Rasheed Clark was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1998, Clark began a short story about a woman telling her seat mate on a bus about her family. When rejected by an agent, Clark chose to self-publish his story. This story evolved into his first published novel, “Stories I Wouldn’t Tell Nobody But God.” “Stories” is the story of four friends, Sista, Day, Brian and Nikki and the roller coaster ride they call their lives through triumph and tragedy.

“Stories,” which was released in March of 2006, went on to become one of the best-selling novels of the year and has received favorable comparison to Terry McMillan’s “Waiting To Exhale. In 2007, Clark signed a movie deal with Wild Wayne Media and Whirling Brass Productions to bring “Stories I Wouldn’t Tell Nobody But God” to the silver screen.

Since the release of "Stories I Wouldn't Tell Nobody But God," Clark has been named Author Of The Day on September 11, 2006, by Infini Promoters. Clark was featured as Sexy Ebony BBW African American Book Club's January 2007 Author of The Month. Clark was also named OOSA Book Club’s Spotlight Author.

Clark also received six Infini Literary Awards nominations, including: Best Family & Relationship Book, Best Book Introduction, Best Male Author, Best Fiction, Book Of The Year and Best Drama. These nominations was the most nominations for a literary award by a debut author. Clark released his second novel entitled “Cold Summer Afternoon” to critical acclaim. For his efforts, Clark was recognized with nine 2008 Infini Literary Award nominations, including Best Male Author, Best Drama and Best Romance.

Rasheed attended the Peirce College from 1994 to 1996, where he studied Business Administration, Philadelphia University from 1996 to 1998, the former Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, where he studied Finance and Drexel University, which he attended from 2001-4, where he earned his Master’s degree in Education. Rasheed currently lives and works in Philadelphia. Rasheed often cites his sister, Jama (pronounced jay-muh)and his mother, Elizabeth Clark, as his sources of inspiration.