Shannon Holmes

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Shannon Holmes was born and raised in New York City’s most northern borough; the Bronx. Holmes’ entrance into the literary world was anything but ordinary. Armed only with a G.E.D. 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 a million copies to date. This may not sound like a lot of to the general public, but in the literary world Mr. Holmes is platinum. B...more

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Books by Shannon Holmes

Average rating: 4.16 · 1,758 ratings · 133 reviews · 10 distinct works

	B-More Careful: Meow Meow Productions Presents 4.27 avg rating — 884 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Bad Girlz by Shannon Holmes, Malaika Adero (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dirty Game 3.80 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bad Girlz 4 Life 4.16 avg rating — 98 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Never Go Home Again 3.69 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Concrete Jungle by Shannon Holmes, A.J. Rivers, Anthony White 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Hood2 Hood by Shannon Holmes, Shannon Holmes and Others 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings	My rating:
	Hard White 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Streets of New York Vol. 1 by Joy Leftow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Erick S. Gray, Anthony Whyte 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hard White: On the Streets of New York Only One Color Matters by Anthony Whyte, Shannon Holmes 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating: