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link to book: slow Burn
link to author: Ebony Farashuu

Ebony Farashuu, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, began reading at an early age. Her love of the written word soon progressed to writing stories and poems. As a teen, a typical crush on an R&B singer and the friendship of a fellow writer inspired her to write all of her thoughts and dreams down on paper. What started out as a joke between friends soon transformed into, literally, thousands of pages about the life that she dreamed of living one day. She eventually grew out of her superstar musings and grew into the art and creativity of writing down whatever her mind could imagine. Throughout the years Ebony started several books but never felt enough inspiration to finish them. Her love of poetry took over and she began writing each and every emotion down on paper in the form of verse.

In 2002, she self-published “Butterfly Kisses: Poetry For the Many Faces of Love”. This book won Honorable mention in the SCBC Self Published Author Awards for Poetry Book of the Year. Coincidentally, as she was writing her book of poetry, Ebony was simultaneously working a novel called “SLOW BURN”. The emotions that she felt while writing the novel inspired many of the poems featured in her poetry book. For the first time, she poured her heart into a novel and blank pages and her wishes soon manifested into a finished project. Upon the completion of “SLOW BURN”, Ebony began shopping the book to several agents only to be rejected at every turn.

In 2005, Ebony re-wrote the first sentence of her novel. The first sentence, she’d been told, could be the deciding factor as an agent or publisher decided whether or not they wanted to read the second or third line. Ebony took this advice and re-wrote that first line. Before she knew it, she had re-written the entire book. With her new novel in hand, Ebony was once again ready to seek out a publishing company willing to take a chance on her talent. Unfortunately, without an agent, and after several more rejections, a frustrated Ebony was on the verge of giving up. It was at that time that she met Jeremy Braggs of the Braggs Literary Group. He saw something in her writing and decided to make her the first author to be represented by his newly formed agency. Within two weeks of signing with Braggs, Ebony had a publishing deal with Kobalt Books. “SLOW BURN”, the novel, was accepted!

Ebony now divides her time between being a devoted wife to her husband, caring for her son and daughter, and of course, promoting "SLOW BURN".

Ebony also writes author interviews for THEGRITS.com.

She is currently working on her second novel.
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