About the author

Wahida Clark

<p>Four-time<em>&#160;New York Times</em>&#160;bestselling author&#160;Wahida Clark&#160;has become one of the most sought after Urban Lit authors of this generation and is one of only 4 Urban (Street) Lit authors to appear on the<em>&#160;New York Times&#160;</em>bestseller list.</p><p>Wahida began writing her first novel while serving a 9 &#189; year prison sentence, including 9 months in solitary confinement, at the Lexington Prison Camp in Lexington, Ky. While behind bars, Clark inked a publishing deal with a major publishing house, wrote&#160;<em>and&#160;</em>released 7 novels and laid the groundwork for her publishing company, Wahida Clark Presents Publishing.&#160; Released in June of 2007, today Clark is signed to Cash Money Content, the publishing arm from iconic record label Cash Money Records, home to multi-platinum hip-hop recording artists&#160;Nicki Minaj,&#160;Lil&#8217; Wayne&#160;and&#160;Drake.&#160;To date she has released 13 successful novels including Four&#160;<em>New York Times</em>&#160;bestsellers. &#160;Her own publishing company, Wahida Clark Presents is one of the fastest growing independent publishing houses in the country.&#160; WCP has 46 titles currently in stores across the country and has a roster of 19 established urban authors.</p><p>Wahida Clark has sold more than 700,000 novels to date including Four New York Times bestsellers with Cash Money Content. &#160;Her latest novel, the CMC release,&#160;&#8220;Honor Thy Thug&#8221;, made its debut on the <em>New York Times</em> bestsellers list at #23. It is&#160;the follow up to her&#160;<em>New York Times</em>&#160;bestselling title&#160;&#8220;Justify My Thug&#8221;&#160;(2011, CMC) which debuted on the list at #19, only two weeks after release.&#160;&#160;&#8220;Payback Ain&#8217;t Enough&#8221;&#160;(also from CMC), made its debut on the&#160;<em>New York Times</em>&#160;Extended Bestseller List at #27 in 2012 and is the follow up to&#160;Payback With Ya Life&#8221;&#160;(2008).&#160; Payback With Ya Life was one of only four urban fiction releases to appear on the&#160;<em>New York Times</em>&#160;list.</p>