(Erica (center) joined by M. Bridges(left) author of Are you Satisfied Yet? and Nicolle Peirce (right) author of The Sacred Sermon at the Texas Sized Book Club Conference in October 2005)

Erica Martin is a Cincinnati native but was raised in Detroit.  In her early school days, she soon developed a love for reading and writing. That passion soon began to show in her writing, as she began to win various awards and recognition in creative writing contest, in elementary and middle school. Erica started writing short stories and poems in hopes of one day compiling them all into a book. She was the Feature editor of her high school newspaper and held hopes of one day becoming a script writer for one of the local television stations. After high school she enrolled at Wayne State University where she majored in Journalism. She has two sons, Gary (14) and Demetrius a.k.a. Mookie (7) who are the driving force in her life.

After much prodding and encouragement from her family and friends she finished and published her first fictional novel, Second Time Shame on Me. Which is a fictional novel based in Detroit that follows the friendship of four women and their quest to learn the lesson behind the old adage, "First time shame on you. Second time shame on me."She followed up with the March 2005 release of her second novel, Serenity Place. Which depicts a day in the life of the colorful staff of the fictional day spa, Serenity Place, a day spa in Chicago. In 2006 she released Straight with no Chaser, the sequel to Second Time Shame on me. Straight picks up where the girls left off. Mya is back home safe and sound and the other girls can't be happier. But will the past come back to haunt them? In this fastpaced pageturner, Erica gives it to you raw and uncut. If you didn't learn the lesson in Second Time Shame on me, she's giving it to you straight with no chaser in this one! Look for her next release, Destiny Interrupted, co-authored with author Greg Jones, in January of 2008. She is also a featured author in the AIDS based anthology Shattered Glass Effect, set for a 2008 release as well.

She founded Second Time Media & Communications, a publishing service in 2004 to help other writers become self-published authors in the most economical and efficient way. To date Second Time has published 11 titles and are working on several more. (Please see the Contact Us tab for more info on Second Time Media & Communications). Erica is presently working with the other Second Time Media authors to get their books completed. Get used to seeing her face because she has her sights set for the top of the Bestsellers List!

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