Nat Turner's Revenge: 'Zo in The Darker Mask

Monday, June 04, 2007

'Zo in The Darker Mask

NEWSFLASH: As you know, we had to find a replacement for Eric Jerome Dickey in the upcoming graphic/short story/comic collection The Darker Mask. Well, Lorenzo Carcaterra, better known for his stint penning Law & Order episodes and best known for his million seller Sleepers, which became the hit film starring Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt and yes even Jason Patric as Lorenzo, has stepped in and we're very excited. Thanks, 'Zo, for looking out. Click on his name for his website, his updates on new fiction and a foray into the world of computer games (the next frontier for we mystery/suspense/thriller authors now that we're getting chased out by Rachel Ray, etc.) And for look for The Darker Mask, edited by yours truly and Gary Phillips, chock full of original stories and art, in Spring '08. See the sidebar for our contributors.

3 comments:

Chicama Vineyard said...: I loved both the novel "Sleepers" and the film. But tell me this--was it all true?; 6:21 PM
Anonymous said...: Eric Dickey? Lawd, I may be speaking blasphemy as far as my wife and her girls go, but how would he contribute to your intended audience? "Soap opera" I believe was the epithet associated with this dude, leveled by others, of course? You are cagey in your denials, dude...; 9:38 AM
Anonymous said...: I agree with the last comment on EJD. You must have either been pressured by the publisher or brave to depend on that guy. Black readers are not a monolith and neither are black writers. Looking forward to seeing the collection and artwork.; 4:33 PM

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A rare DC native, Christopher Chambers was born at Old Freedman’s Hospital at Howard University in the Nation’s Capital, and was raised at 1607 D Street NE when RFK Stadium was still just a vacant lot. He moved to Brooklyn NY and finally Baltimore, Maryland. He attended public schools in Baltimore City and County before attending the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, MD.

Mr. Chambers is an honors graduate of Princeton University and the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was the first African American in the Law Review. Mr. Chambers served with the US Justice Department from 1994-1997, and taught English, Business Law and Communications at Queens University in Charlotte from 2000-2001. Now he’s lecturer in writing at University of Maryland, University College, and a Professor at Georgetown University’s/SCS Master's Program in Journalism. Mr. Chambers led panels writing, politics/culture, andwas keynote at Georgetown University’s Father Healy Dinner along with NBA Star Dikembe Mtumbo.

In 2001 Mr. Chambers left the world of law practice forever to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a writer. He’s published the FBI Agent Angela Bivens© series of mystery novels through Random House. The third novel in the series (unfinished) was sold to Lifetime TV. He’s the author of two short story collections, Shades of Black, and Intimacy, and has numerous short fiction works published in magazines such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen and ThugLit. 2009 will see the release of historical novel about slavery and the War of 1812/Burning of Washington, DC, Yella Patsy’s Boys, and his re-interpretative novel on the iconic figures Amos ‘n Andy. With co-editors Walter Mosley and Gary Phillips, he will publish a graphic/comic book short fiction collection called The Darker Mask. A another graphic novel, based on African American mob-buster Eunice Hunton Carter, Gangsterland, is planned. He is presenter at the Hurston-Wright Awards at the National Press Club in November, 2007.

Mr. Chambers resides in Silver Spring, MD with his wife
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