Fiction. African American Studies. While other gambling novels seek either to sermonize on the addiction or glorify it by highlighting it few prosperous celebrities, ALL OR NOTHING explores the hope and magical thinking that sustains gamblers even at their lowest. A recipient of a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, Preston L Allen is the author of the thriller Hoochi Mama and the collection Churchboys and Other Sinners. His stories have appeared in numerous magazines and journals and have been anthologized in Brown Sugar (Penguin) and Miami Noir (Akashic Books). He lives in south Florida.
Author City: Miami, FL USA