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About the author

Vanessa M. Chattman was born on September 5th, 1970, in Newark, NJ. Her family moved to East Orange, NJ a few years later. She graduated from Clifford J. Scott High School in 1989. She joined the US Army in 1990 served on Active Duty for four years and ten months. She deployed to Desert Storm in 1990 and attended Vincennes University In 1993.She worked for the Department of Defense and Child Care Services from 1995 to 1998. In November 1997 , she was accepted into the International Poetry Hall of Fame. Her membership with The Writer's Digest Book Club was active in1997. Her poems have been published in three different anthologies. The poem “My House" has been published in "The Poetic Voices of America Anthology." The second poem titled "The Celebration" has been published in the "Beginnings" anthology. The poem titled “People" has been published by The National Library of Poetry and has received The Editor's Choice Award. The Play titled, "Street Gigs", and the Screenplay titled, "ZEROX CODES" were written in 2008. She has also written 12 poetry books. Her First horror Novel “The Black Sea of Roses: (Book 1) was published on October 17th, 2019, by Amnet Systems, Her second Novel “The Black Sea of Roses: A Novel (The Antique shop, Book 2) was published on April 30th, 2021, by The Book Baby Publishing Company. Her full-length poetry book titled “The Poetry Series” was published on July 4th, 2020, by The Dorrance Publishing Company. She has an associate’s degree in applied science. She currently resides in Texas with her family.