Eric Pete is an American author of

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s and

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. He was born in

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, at

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hospital. He is a graduate of

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and a U.S. Army veteran. He is a member of

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, professional business fraternity. He currently resides in

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Bibliography

His full-length works include the following: *''Real for Me'' *''Someone's In the Kitchen'' *''Gets No Love'' (Dallas Morning News best seller; Editor's pick, Black Expressions book club) *''Don't Get It Twisted'' (Essence Magazine best seller) *''Lady Sings the Cruels'' (Dallas Morning News best seller) *''Blow Your Mind'' (Editor's pick, Black Expressions book club) *''Sticks and Stones'' *''Reality Check'' *''Crushed Ice'' *''Piano In the Dark'' *''Frostbite'' *''A Cold Hard Truth'' *The Family Business *''To Paris With Love: A Family Business Novel'' *Grand Opening: A Family Business Novel He collaborated with ''New York Times'' bestselling author Carl Weber for the ''Family Business'' trilogy, the first of which is ''The New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestseller aptly titled ''The Family Business''. Their second collaboration is ''To Paris With Love''. Their third collaboration is ''Grand Opening''. Eric's novella titled "Oops! I Did It Again" is included in ''Full Figured 6'', which he wrote with Electa Rome Parks. He has also contributed short stories to the following anthologies: ''After Hours: A Collection of Erotic Writing by Black Men,'' ''Twilight Moods,'' and ''On The Line.''interview at blackmeninamerica.com
Pete is featured in

Who's Who in America Marquis Who's Who ( or ) is an American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies. The books usually are entitled ''Who's Who in...'' followed by some subject, such as ''Who's Who in America'', ''Who's Who of American Wome ...

(2003–present) as well as

Who's Who in the World Marquis Who's Who ( or ) is an American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies. The books usually are entitled ''Who's Who in...'' followed by some subject, such as ''Who's Who in America'', ''Who's Who of American Wome ...

(2008–present).

References

External links

Eric Pete's official siteEric Pete official Twitter page
Writers from Seattle Living people American male short story writers American short story writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-story-writer-stub