Mark Anthony is the Essence bestselling author of Paper Chasers, Dogism and Streets of New York. He lives in New York City and is currently at work on his next novel. Author’s Website: www.MarkAnthonyAuthor.com Author Q&A 1. What do you like to do in your free time? In my free time I like to chill with my son and my daughter and take them to the park, play Playstation2 with them or do whatever it is they like to do. I also love eating seafood with my wife and watching movies with her and going on trips and cruises with her. And of course I need my free time with the fellas… but I can’t reveal what we do or where we hang out at ’cause it might get me in trouble. LOL. 2. What kind of music do you like to listen to? Why? I am open to any type of good music, but I was raised on hip-hop, so hip-hop music is definitely my favorite and what I listen to the most. I think hip-hop artists are extremely talented and creative and . . .

When Lady cries rape on her mother’s boyfriend, her mother throws her out of the only home she has ever known. Now Lady must find a way to survive on the cold, hard streets. After landing a dead-end job at a donut shop, Lady wonders how she will ever make it out of a six-dollar-an-hour existence. Then she meets Cream, the leader of one of the most notorious gangs in New York City. Cream quickly decides that he wants to own this beauty and recruits her for his prostitution ring. Lady joins the “Cream Team,” but she has no intentions of working the streets forever. In fact, she plans to run the show and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. But the streets don’t love nobody, and it’s not long before Lady is deep in a game she can no longer control. The question is: Will she be able to get out of the game before the game claims her? Pub Date: 09/2005 | ISBN: 0-312-34078-8

While investigating one of hip-hop’s most successful music labels, Gun Clap Records, undercover FBI agent Jessica Jackson is willing to do anything to keep her identity a secret. She helps the Feds hit a grand slam during their investigation when they learn that Angela Calvino, the daughter of New York mafia boss Paulie Calvino, plans to start a hip-hop label with money from the Calvino family crime rackets. LaCostra Nostra Records will rise under the tutelage of Gun Clap Records’s feared and powerful CEO, and the Feds soon have what they need to take down both record labels. The only question is, did Agent Jackson cross the line to get the evidence she needed? Pub Date: 10/2006 | ISBN: 0-312-34079-6

Katrina Easely has stood by the side of her ruthless boyfriend Snipes for so long that she can barely see her way out of his sticky web. She’s dropped out of college in the middle of her freshman year, and has even become estranged from her family and close friends because of him. But when Snipes shoots a cop, Katrina finds herself playing Bonnie to his Clyde as they run from the Feds. When things escalate, Katrina finds herself under intense pressure. Will she remain loyal to her man or will she break? Buy this Book at Powells Buy this Book at Amazon Buy this Book at Barnes & Noble St. Martin’s Press 320 pages Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 $14.95 Trade Paperback St. Martin’s Griffin Pub Date: 03/2008 ISBN: 0-312-34080X Reading Group Guide Questions: 1. Snipes was very cunning and he was also a good manipulator. With that in mind do you think that his intentions for Katrina from the outset were purely selfish in nature or on some level did Snipes genuinely care for and love Katrina? 2. Katrina had . . .