Jervey Tervalon is the author of All the Trouble You Need, Understand This, and the Los Angeles Times bestseller Dead Above Ground. An award-winning poet, screenwriter, and dramatist, Jervey was born in New Orleans, raised in Los Angeles, and now lives with his wife and two daughters in Altadena, California.
Black Issues Book Review Tervalon's writing is crisp and concise,
sweet and tart like a ripe Fuji apple. [His] work has grown
richer....
Kirkus Reviews A return visit to the monstrously twisted family of
Dead Above Ground....Hair raising and hellish.
Los Angeles Times Lita is fierce....You'd know her if you met her.
And that is one of the highest compliments a reader can give a
writer.
Black Issues Book Review Tervalon's writing is crisp and
concise, sweet and tart like a ripe Fuji apple. [His] work has
grown richer....
Kirkus Reviews A return visit to the monstrously twisted
family of Dead Above Ground....Hair raising and hellish.
Los Angeles Times Lita is fierce....You'd know her if you
met her. And that is one of the highest compliments a reader can
give a writer.
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