The author, L. Wayne Daye was born and grew up in Durham, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina Central University with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. Daye continued on to Post-Graduate studies in Psychology at North Carolina State University. Daye brings a multitude of experiences with him as a person and writer. His range of diversity in academia, addictions, conversion to traditional Islam, incarceration, and socio-political insightfulness comes home clearly in his writings. Daye’s writing offers color, description, insight, and challenge.