Shannon
Holmes,
Born and raised in New York City’s most northern borough the
Bronx Shannon Holmes’ entrance into the literary world was
anything but ordinary. Armed only with a GED and the desire to change
his life, Mr. Holmes crafted his first novel and signed his first
literary contract from prison, while serving a five year sentence
for various drug convictions. This was truly an amazing feat when
you consider Mr. Holmes had never even written a short story in
his life.
He
truly made the best of a bad situation. He first achieved success
with his first novel ‘B-more Careful’, which has gone
on to sell a half million copies to date. This may not sound like
a lot to the general public, but in the literary world Mr. Holmes
is platinum.He truly made the best of a bad situation. He first
achieved success with his first novel ‘B-more Careful’,
which has gone on to sell a half million copies to date. This may
not sound like a lot to the general public, but in the literary
world Mr. Holmes is platinum.
By producing such lofty sales
numbers, Shannon was able to parlay the success of his first novel
into a two book,
six figure deal, with publishing giant Simon & Schuster. Avoiding
the sophomore jinx, Shannon Holmes crafted the critically acclaimed
‘Bad Girlz’, which sold 50,000 copies in its first week.
His next novel ‘Never Go Home Again’ was hailed as his
best work to date. With this he achieved yet another milestone;
he became the first author
of the street genre to have his novel printed in hardcover. Since
then Mr. Holmes has signed an even bigger publishing deal with St.
Martin’s Press, it is rumored to be in the high six figures,
for two novels ‘Everything in’t for Everybody’
and another yet to be named novel. Since his inception into the
literary world Shannon Holmes has towered over his
peers, earning the crown of king of hip-hop literature. This year
Shannon plans on following up his cult classic B-more Careful with
B-more Careful 2 (Netta’s return). Having Venni Vetti Vecci,
(He came! He saw! And he conquered!) the book game, Shannon has
set his sights on the DVD market, having recently completed a script
for his first straight to DVD movie called ‘Hard White’,
which is sure to be a hood classic. The movie is slated for production
the second quarter of 2006.
