Tracy Price-Thompson, a former Army 88N (Transportation) and 21B (Engineer Corp) is also a highly decorated Desert Storm veteran whose successfulself-published novel, Black Coffee, was purchased as part of an unprecedented three-book deal by Random House imprint Villard/Strivers Row.Ms. Price-Thompson’s writing credits also include, Bensonhurst: Black and Then Blue published in Children of the Dream: Our Stories of Growing Up Black inAmerica, (Simon and Schuster, 1999) and A Military Mom published in Fortitude (Red Rock Press, 2000 ). A Brooklyn, New York native and retired Army Engineer Officer, Tracy is an AlphaDelta Mu honor society graduate from Rutgers University, as well as a RalphBunche graduate fellow who holds degrees in Business Administration and SocialWork. Tracy is one half of the creative editorial team, TnT Explosions , a collaborative effort dedicated to quality editorial services and contributingcreative literary projects to the reading public. Under the canopy of TnT Explosions, she has recently co-created, contributed to, and edited an anthology of contemporary short stories entitled,Proverbs for the People. Tracy lives in Hawaii with her wonderfully supportive husband and several oftheir six bright, beautiful, incredible children, and she is currently at workon her next novel.