Tony Lindsay

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Name: Tony Lindsay

Pen Name: None

Genres: Fiction, Mystery

Born:

Website: http://www.timbooktu.com/lindsay/lindsay.htm

Email: tonylindsay7045@sbcglobal.net

Illinois Connection

Lindsay is a native Chicagoan and was educated at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Biographical and Professional Information

Tony Lindsay is the author of five novels; One Dead Preacher, 'Street Possession, Chasin’ It, Urban Affair, and One Dead Lawyer, and a short story collection titled Pieces of the Hole. He has published book critiques and reviews for Black Issue’s Book Review. He was a contributor to the anthology Don't Hate the Game, the on-line encyclopedia Identity.com, and Mosiac.com. He has been published by to the African American literary web-site ‘Timbooktu.com’, as well as the young adult magazine Cicada. He has a MFA from Chicago State University. He is currently an adjunct professor at Chicago State University, South Suburban College and Westwood College.

More Boy than Girl is Lindsay's latest novel. It is the story of Dai Break Jones is the story of a woman born into a man’s world with aggressive ambition. She never accepted the thought that a woman had her place. Born the only child to the founder of one of Chicago’s largest street organizations, Dai Break Jones accepted her position of royalty and stood toe totoe against all foes. More Boy than Girl is Street Lit at its finest. It is a hard core story, about a hard core world.

What is Street Lit? Street literature is fiction that employs the urban milieu or the streets. The tales are not much different than any other genre; a bit more risqué, a tad more profanity, and yes societal bad guys may be the good guys, and yes the plots may be raw and grate the nerves do to espousing current street situations, but shouldn’t literature be disturbing, shouldn’t it inform and make one uncomfortable when something is wrong in society.

Good Street Literature reports modern day concerns and issues. What’s current isn’t always comfortable. Good writers of Street Literature have always left readers unsettled; Ann Petry, Donald Goines, Louise Meriwether, Chester Himes, Dean Pharr, Claude Brown and Iceberg Slim all shake readers up a bit.

To order More Boy than Girl, go to the "Titles for Purchase" section below and click on "Buy on Amazon."