Speaker, educator, author, and hip hop head Terrance Dean is the author of the explosive and provocative memoir, Hiding In Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry from Music to Hollywood. Dean is also the author of Mogul: A Novel, Straight from Your Gay Best Friend, and coauthor of Visible Lives. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over ten years with heavy hitters such as Spike Lee, Rob Reiner, Keenan Ivory Wayans, and Anjelica Houston, and with notable television and film production companies such as MTV Networks, B.E.T., Savoy Television, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Sony Pictures. He now teaches Black Studies and Religion at Denison University.
"MOGUL is where fame, secrets and sexuality meet. If you loved E.
Lynn Harris, check out newcomer Terrance Dean." --Tananarive Due,
Essence bestselling author of JOPLIN'S GHOST and BLOOD COLONY
"Nobody else could have written this book. Terrance Dean broke new
ground with Hiding in Hip Hop and now he does it again with Mogul.
For the first time ever we are given an exclusive red carpet and
backstage pass into the mind of a rap mogul living on the down low.
Whether the industry is ready or not for an openly gay exec in hip
hop, Terrance Dean brings his journey straight to us along with a
secret world and sizzling tale of sex, sensuality and self
esteem."
--Abiola Abrams is a TV personality, author and lifestyle maven as
seen on networks such as MTV and BET. Her debut novel Dare was a
hip hop love story.
"Terrance Dean shines a spotlight on the mysteries of male
sexuality and identity in the music industry in this riveting and
romantic novel. It's filled with twists and turns, love and double
lives. A great compliment to Dean's other writing." -- Emil
Wilbekin, Managing Editor at Essence.com, former Editor-in-Chief of
Giant and Vibe
"Terrance Dean's debut novel MOGUL is a cautionary tale in the
tradition of E. Lynn Harris. It enters the secret world of Hip Hop
and gives new meaning to the word "family." Fast, suspenseful and
eye-opening, MOGUL will make you take a second look at everyone you
thought you knew." --Donna Hill, author of What Mother Never Told
Me
"When I heard this book was underway, I awaited it with baited
breath. Terrance Dean did not disappoint either. Mogul is
unputdownable--just what the doctor ordered. The literary webs he
has woven, with this titillating tale about the down-low and
low-down deeds within the music industry, kept me at the edge of my
seat. I didn't want this book to end. It is many, many things and a
must read. With this debut novel, I can only pay Terrance Dean the
highest of compliments and christen him as 'The E. Lynn Harris of
the Hip Hop Generation.'" -- Karu F. Daniels, digital media
producer/journalist/author
"With his latest novel Mogul, Terrance Dean continues to make words
simmer on the page, with insightful character development, dramatic
plot twists and explosive dialogue. Terrance uses his rebellious
keyboard to add to his sizzling body of accessible, page turning,
jaw-dropping fiction. Sure to be another best-seller! Read It!" --
Sabrina Lamb, bestselling humorist of the satirical novel, A Kettle
Of Vultures...Left Beak Marks On My Forehead (Simon &
Schuster/Strebor)
"Terrance has creatively crafted the perfect storm of a novel: a
fiery, fast-paced plot, intriguing and dynamic characters and a
deliciously edible scandal. Strap yourselves in and hold on
tightly--it's one hell of a ride!"
--Lee Hayes, bestselling author
"With the sensuality of E. Lynn Harris, flare of James Earl Hardy,
and classiness of Ricc Rollins, Dean has cooked up a well crafted
master piece that is sure to have readers glued to the pages. Get
ready. You're about to be taken on the ride of your life." --Anna
J, Bestselling Author of Snow White: A Survival Story
I enjoyed reading this book. It kept my attention from the first
page to the last. I know it will provide readers that missing link
since E. Lynn Harris's death...Bravo Terrance. You are da man. -JL
King, New York Times bestselling author
Dean has penned a page turning scandal, a plot explosive classic,
and given life to taboo characters that leap off the page! A fast
paced novel that seduces you into the underworld of Hip-Hop and
never ever let's you go! --Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker, Essence
bestselling author of Millionaire Wives Club
With Mogul, you get an inside look -- though fictional -- at the
entertainment industry, the making of a hip hop star, and the
secrets those stars must keep in order to keep their fame and
fortune. I couldn't put it down. -- Frederick Smith, author of Down
for Whatever and Right Side of the Wrong Bed
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