LaShonda DeVaughn discovered in High School her flare for writing. … She carried that flare into College thus writing poems for students as well as columns in the weekly bulletins. She decided to take her writing a step further by constructively creating novels. Her first novel being, “A Hood Chick’s Story.”

Her debut novel has been receiving an overwhelming amount of positive reviews thus far and she’s excited to continue to bring forth creative literature for her readers.

LaShonda is residing in Boston with her husband and two beautiful children. Read more.

A Hood Chick's Story

Title: A Hood Chick’s Story

Genre: Urban Fiction

(300) Pages

ISBN 978-0-615-16867-8

Publisher: StreetDreamz Publications

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Drama is no stranger to Tiara James. When it felt like the world had finally changed the hand that she’d been dealt, reality continued to creep up on her. With a mom on the verge of becoming an alcoholic and an alcoholic crack-addicted father who use to beat her mom in front of her, who could blame Tiara for finding a family on the streets.

Tiara’s loyalty to her friends was undeniable. The crew consisted of, Tiara, Tamika, Shavon, Renee, Ke Ke and Karen. They jumped, robbed and fought other girls who stood in their way. When trouble surfaced, the crew had no problems with getting their hands dirty. Tiara was faithful to her crew handling any drama that presented itself. But when jealousy get’s the best of friends, things continued to get ugly.

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