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Rahiem Brooks

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Rahiem Jerome Brooks is the breakout novelist and is a member of the Mystery Writer's of America. His debut thriller, LAUGH NOW won 2010 African-Americans on the Move Book Club's (AAMBC) Book of the Year & he earned 2011 AAMBC Author of the Year. LAUGH NOW also the Most Creative Plot at the DMV Expo's Creative Excellent Awards. Rahiem was also nominated at the 2011 & 2012 African-American Literary Awards for Mystery of the Year for Con Test and Murder in Germantown.

Rahiem Brooks worked on a Film/TV certificate program at University of California, Los Angeles; however, he currently studies journalism at Harvard University.

He permanently resides in Philadelphia, PA.


In the competitive world of publishing authors often sit and contemplate how to live off selling books. How can I quit my day job and be a full-time author? How can an author effectively do that if every avenue that they must utilize to sell books has a method for them to be undercut, and lose potential sales. Indie authors have to compete with mainstream authors and the money put behind them t... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 20, 2013 12:19 • 3 views
Average rating: 4.28 · 104 ratings · 47 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors
Laugh Now
4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Con Test: Double Life
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
Murder in Germantown
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012
Die Later
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
First Laugh
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011
Truth, Lies, and Confessions
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
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message 5: by Lyn

Lyn Blessings,

I pray your day is a blessed one. Please visit http://theuniqueview.blogspot.com/ and enjoy the read. My goal is to encourage and motivate using my life experiences.

Peace to you all


Rahiem Brooks Lawrence wrote: "Thanks for your friendship Rahiem and I will be checking out your books."

No, thank you, man.


Lawrence Thanks for your friendship Rahiem and I will be checking out your books.


message 2: by Jade

Jade Jones Thank you for the friendship. I appreciate it, and look forward to our future interactions.


Pamela Hey Rahiem...Thanks for accepting my friendship.


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